CVE-2023-5969
Mattermost vulnerable to excessive memory consumption
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-5969
To remediate CVE-2023-5969, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 7.8.12 or later
- —upgrade to 8.0.4 or later
Is CVE-2023-5969 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.8.12
- >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |