MantisBT 2.27.1 and below: Unvalidated Note Length Enables Activity Log Overwrite
CVE-2025-46556 Published on November 4, 2025
MantisBT is Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via Excessive Note Length
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.27.1 and below allow attackers to permanently corrupt issue activity logs by submitting extremely long notes (tested with 4,788,761 characters) due to a lack of server-side validation of note length. Once such a note is added, the activity stream UI fails to render; therefore, new notes cannot be displayed, effectively breaking all future collaboration on the issue. This issue is fixed in version 2.27.2.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-46556 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-46556
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Affected Versions
mantisbt Version < 2.27.2 is affected by CVE-2025-46556Exploit Probability
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