Resource exhaustion in Mattermost

CVE-2023-48268

Mattermost fails to limit the amount of data extracted from compressed archives during board import in Mattermost Boards allowing an attacker to consume excessive resources, possibly leading to Denial of Service, by importing a board using a specially crafted zip (zip bomb).

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-48268: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48268?
CVE-2023-48268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-48268?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-48268 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.