CVE-2025-55035 (GCVE-0-2025-55035)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-16 15:18
Modified
2025-10-16 16:28
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Summary
Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.13.0 fail to manage modals in the Mattermost Desktop App that stops a user with a server that uses basic authentication from accessing their server which allows an attacker that provides a malicious server to the user to deny use of the Desktop App via having the user configure the malicious server and forcing a modal popup that cannot be closed.
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Impacted products
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Mattermost Mattermost Version: 0   ≤ 5.0.13
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