What is CVE-2024-1953?

CVE-2024-1953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-1953?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Mattermost

CVE-2024-1953

Mattermost versions 8.1.x before 8.1.9, 9.2.x before 9.2.5, 9.3.0, and 9.4.x before 9.4.2 fail to limit the number of role names requested from the API, allowing an authenticated attacker to cause the server to run out of memory and crash by issuing an unusually large HTTP request.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mattermost — versions 9.4.0, 9.3.0, 9.2.0
Mattermost Mattermost_server — versions 9.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1953?: CVE-2024-1953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-1953?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.