What is CVE-2024-28949?

CVE-2024-28949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-28949?

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

Resource exhaustion in Mattermost

CVE-2024-28949

Mattermost Server versions 9.5.x before 9.5.2, 9.4.x before 9.4.4, 9.3.x before 9.3.3, 8.1.x before 8.1.11 don't limit the number of user preferences which allows an attacker to send a large number of user preferences potentially causing denial of service.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2024-04-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.006 (44.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mattermost — versions 9.5.0, 9.4.0, 9.3.0
Mattermost Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

mattermost.com/security-updates (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28949?: CVE-2024-28949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-28949?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.