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CVE-2023-40703

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CVE-2023-40703

Published: Nov 27, 2023

Modified: Jun 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.3

MEDIUM

Description

Mattermost fails to properly limit the characters allowed in different fields of a block in Mattermost Boards allowing a attacker to consume excessive resources, possibly leading to Denial of Service, by patching the field of a block using a specially crafted string. 

VendorProductVersions

Mattermost

Mattermost

affected
0 - <= 7.8.12
affected
0 - <= 8.1.3
affected
0 - <= 9.0.1
affected
0 - <= 9.1.0
unaffected
9.1.1

+3 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

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