Resource Exhaustion Affecting github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 package, versions <8.1.10 >=9.0.0 <9.5.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMMATTERMOSTMATTERMOSTSERVERV8-6457186
  • published 18 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 18 Mar 2024
  • credit themarkib0x0)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 to version 8.1.10, 9.5.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion due to the failure in limiting the size of the payload that can be read and parsed. An attacker can send a very large email payload and crash the server.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High