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CVE-2024-1402:
Chainguard vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Mattermost server contains a vulnerability (CVE-2024-1402) related to custom emoji reactions in posts. The vulnerability stems from the application's failure to validate the existence of custom emoji reactions and impose limits on the number of custom emojis that can be added to a post (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L. The weakness is categorized as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). The vulnerability affects Mattermost Server versions up to 8.1.7, versions 9.0.0 through 9.1.4, and versions 9.2.0 through 9.2.3 (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability can lead to two primary impacts: the crash of mobile applications for users viewing the affected post, and potential server crashes due to overload when clients attempt to retrieve posts containing numerous non-existent custom emojis (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to the latest version of Mattermost Server that contains the fix for this vulnerability (Mattermost Security Updates).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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