FKIE_CVE-2023-5196

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-29 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:48
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Mattermost fails to enforce character limits in all possible notification props allowing an attacker to send a really long value for a notification_prop resulting in the server consuming an abnormal quantity of computing resources and possibly becoming temporarily unavailable for its users.
References
responsibledisclosure@mattermost.comhttps://mattermost.com/security-updatesVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mattermost.com/security-updatesVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mattermost mattermost *
mattermost mattermost *
mattermost mattermost *
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