What is CVE-2024-48872?

CVE-2024-48872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-12-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-48872?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mattermost

CVE-2024-48872

Mattermost versions 10.1.x <= 10.1.2, 10.0.x <= 10.0.2, 9.11.x <= 9.11.4, and 9.5.x <= 9.5.12 fail to prevent concurrently checking and updating the failed login attempts. which allows an attacker to bypass of "Max failed attempts" restriction and send a big number of login attempts before being blocked via simultaneously sending multiple login requests

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (16.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mattermost — versions 10.1.0, 10.0.0, 9.11.0
Mattermost Mattermost_server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-48872?: CVE-2024-48872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-48872?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.