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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2017-18889 EUVD-2017-9979GHSA-jp57-4x34-5v94GO-2025-4201

Mattermost Server is vulnerable to webhook and slash command manipulation

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

Description

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2. An attacker could create fictive system-message posts via webhooks and slash commands, in the v3 or v4 REST API.

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
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20251230T014957-150000.1.134.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0037-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server < 4.1.2 4.1.2 GHSA-jp57-4x34-5v94
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 4.2.0-rc1, < 4.2.1 4.2.1 GHSA-jp57-4x34-5v94
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 4.3.0-rc1, < 4.3.0 4.3.0 GHSA-jp57-4x34-5v94
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server < 4.1.2+incompatible · >= 4.2.0-rc1+incompatible, < 4.2.1+incompatible · >= 4.3.0-rc1+incompatible, < 4.3.0+incompatible 4.1.2+incompatible, 4.2.1+incompatible, 4.3.0+incompatible GO-2025-4201

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