Vulnerability in Joinmastodon Mastodon
CVE-2022-46405
Mastodon through 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large Sidekiq pull queue) by creating bot accounts that follow attacker-controlled accounts on certain other servers associated with a wildcard DNS A record, such that t…
EPSS: 0.009 (56.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Joinmastodon Mastodon
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-46405?
- CVE-2022-46405 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joinmastodon Mastodon, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-04.
- How severe is CVE-2022-46405?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-46405 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.