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SCA: security update for github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6, github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (GHSA-33r7-wjfc-7w98)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409254

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Mattermost fails to enforce character limits in all possible notification props allowing an attacker to
 send a really long value for a notification_prop resulting in the server consuming an abnormal quantity of
 computing resources and possibly becoming temporarily unavailable for its users. (CVE-2023-5196)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-33r7-wjfc-7w98

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409254

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5196

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5196

cwe: CWE-400