CVE-2022-1385
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Mattermost 6.4.x and earlier contains a vulnerability that fails to properly invalidate pending email invitations when the action is performed from the system console. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2022-1385 and was disclosed through the National Vulnerability Database (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.6 (Medium) by NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Mattermost assigned it a score of 3.7 (Low) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere) by NIST (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows accidentally invited users to join the workspace and access information from the public teams and channels, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was addressed in Mattermost version 6.5.0. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the vulnerability (NVD).

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