Mastodon vulnerable to arbitrary file creation through media attachments
40Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 10epss 40%
exploitation probability
40%top 2% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Starting in version 3.5.0 and prior to versions 3.5.9, 4.0.5, and 4.1.3, attackers using carefully crafted media files can cause Mastodon's media processing code to create arbitrary files at any location. This allows attackers to create and overwrite any file Mastodon has access to, allowing Denial of Service and arbitrary Remote Code Execution. Versions 3.5.9, 4.0.5, and 4.1.3 contain a patch for this issue.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
mastodon · mastodonReferences
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/dc8f1fbd976ae544720a4e07120d9a91b2722440https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.5.9https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.5https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.1.3https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-9928-3cp5-93fmhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/06/4