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SCA: security update for github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (GHSA-5263-pm2h-m7hw)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410497

Description

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

 - Mattermost versions 9.9.x <= 9.9.1, 9.5.x <= 9.5.7, 9.10.x <= 9.10.0 and 9.8.x <= 9.8.2 fail to restrict
 which roles can promote a user as system admin which allows a System Role with edit access to the
 permissions section of system console to update their role (e.g. member) to include the `manage_system`
 permission, effectively becoming a System Admin. (CVE-2024-8071)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5263-pm2h-m7hw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 410497

Version: Revision 1.11

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8071

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8071

cwe: CWE-284