Vulnerability · Published Jul 14, 2022 · Assigned by Mattermost

CVE-2022-2406Malicious imports can lead to Denial of Service

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Mattermost from Mattermost. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The legacy Slack import feature in Mattermost version 6.7.0 and earlier fails to properly limit the sizes of imported files, which allows an authenticated attacker to crash the server by importing large files via the Slack import REST API.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mattermost Mattermost unspecified – through 6.3.86.4.x6.7.x 6.7.06.5.x – through 6.5.16.6.x – through 6.6.1

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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