What is CVE-2025-62174?

CVE-2025-62174 is a low-severity vulnerability in Joinmastodon Mastodon, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-62174?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Joinmastodon Mastodon

CVE-2025-62174

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. In Mastodon before 4.4.6, 4.3.14, and 4.2.27, when an administrator resets a user account's password via the command-line interface using `bin/tootctl accounts mo…

EPSS: 0.002 (9.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Joinmastodon Mastodon
Mastodon — versions >= 4.4.0-beta.1, < 4.4.6, >= 4.3.0-beta.1, < 4.3.14, < 4.2.27

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-62174?: CVE-2025-62174 is a low-severity vulnerability in Joinmastodon Mastodon, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-62174?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.