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Mattermost password hash disclosure vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 6, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 27, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go)

Affected versions

< 7.8.12

Patched versions

7.8.12
gomod github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go)
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.4
>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.3
= 9.0.0
8.0.4
8.1.3
9.0.1

Description

Mattermost fails to properly sanitize the user object when updating the username, resulting in the password hash being included in the response body. 

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 6, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 6, 2023
Reviewed Nov 8, 2023
Last updated Nov 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.9
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-5968

GHSA ID

GHSA-r67m-mf7v-qp7j

Source code

Credits

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