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High · 7.5 CVE-2017-18871 EUVD-2017-9961GHSA-jc6w-8r7f-vmp5GO-2025-4184

Mattermost Server vulnerable to Denial of Service through `@` character prefix inserted into JavaScript field names

Published Jun 19, 2020 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.5.0, 4.4.5, 4.3.4, and 4.2.2. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an @ character before a JavaScript field name.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20251209T172047-150000.1.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4395-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20251209T172047-150000.1.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4395-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server < 4.2.2 4.2.2 GHSA-jc6w-8r7f-vmp5
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 4.3.0-rc1, < 4.3.4 4.3.4 GHSA-jc6w-8r7f-vmp5
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 4.4.0-rc1, < 4.4.5 4.4.5 GHSA-jc6w-8r7f-vmp5
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 4.5.0-rc1, < 4.5.0 4.5.0 GHSA-jc6w-8r7f-vmp5
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server < 4.2.2+incompatible · >= 4.3.0-rc1+incompatible, < 4.3.4+incompatible · >= 4.4.0-rc1+incompatible, < 4.4.5+incompatible · >= 4.5.0-rc1+incompatible, < 4.5.0+incompatible 4.2.2+incompatible, 4.3.4+incompatible, 4.4.5+incompatible, 4.5.0+incompatible GO-2025-4184

Advisories 2

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