What is CVE-2017-18899?

CVE-2017-18899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-18899?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Mattermost Server

CVE-2017-18899

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.2.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.5. It mishandles IP-based rate limiting.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Mattermost Mattermost_server — versions 4.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18899?: CVE-2017-18899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-18899?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.