medium5.3
CVE-2023-5969
Mattermost vulnerable to excessive memory consumption
Impact
Mattermost fails to properly sanitize the request to `/api/v4/redirect_location` allowing an attacker, sending a specially crafted request to `/api/v4/redirect_location`, to fill up the memory due to caching large items.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 | < 7.8.12 | 7.8.12 |
| go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.4 | 8.0.4 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mattermost | Mattermost | through 7.8.11 from 8.0.0 through 8.0.3 from 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 Version 9.0.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://mattermost.com/security-updates
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w496-f5qq-m58j
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5969
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/24429
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/77f094c7ee8c7a00be01c2df72f948a62c690b66