Mattermost Server 8.1.x <8.1.10: Res. Exhaustion via Large Email Payload
CVE-2024-28053 Published on March 15, 2024
Resource Exhaustion via the Invitation Feature
Resource Exhaustion in Mattermost Server versions 8.1.x before 8.1.10 fails to limit the size of the payload that can be read and parsed allowing an attacker to send a very large email payload and crash the server.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-28053 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2024-28053 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-28053
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Affected Versions
Mattermost:- Version 8.1.0, <= 8.1.9 is affected.
- Version 9.5.0 is unaffected.
- Version 8.1.10 is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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