Vulnerability in Joinmastodon Mastodon
CVE-2024-25619
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. When an OAuth Application is destroyed, the streaming server wasn't being informed that the Access Tokens had also been destroyed, this could have posed security risks to users by allowing an application to continue listening to streaming after the application had been destroyed. Essentially this comes down to the fact that when Doorkeeper sets up the relationship between Applications and Access Tokens, it uses a `dependent: delete_all` configuration, which means the `after_commit` callback setup on `AccessTokenExtension` didn't actually fire, since `delete_all` doesn't trigger ActiveRecord callbacks. To mitigate, we need to add a `before_destroy` callback to `ApplicationExtension` which announces to streaming that all the Application's Access Tokens are being "killed". Impact should be negligible given the affected application had to be owned by the user. None the less this issue has been addressed in versions 4.2.6, 4.1.14, 4.0.14, and 3.5.18. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workaround for this vulnerability.
EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Joinmastodon Mastodon
- Mastodon — versions >= 4.2.6, < 4.2.6, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.14, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.14
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-25619?
- CVE-2024-25619 is a low-severity vulnerability in Joinmastodon Mastodon, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2024-02-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-25619?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.