What is CVE-2024-39810?

CVE-2024-39810 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-39810?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Mattermost

CVE-2024-39810

Mattermost versions 9.5.x <= 9.5.7 and 9.10.x <= 9.10.0 fail to time limit and size limit the CA path file in the ElasticSearch configuration which allows a System Role with access to the Elasticsearch system console to add any file as a CA path field, such as /dev/zero and, after testing the connection, cause the application to crash.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mattermost — versions 9.5.0, 9.10.0, 9.11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39810?: CVE-2024-39810 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-39810?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.