Medium severity · published Jun 16, 2023
CVE-2023-2785
Mattermost fails to properly truncate the postgres error log message of a search query failure allowing an attacker to cause the creation of large log files which can result in…
4.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mattermost fails to properly truncate the postgres error log message of a search query failure allowing an attacker to cause the creation of large log files which can result in Denial of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mattermost · Mattermost
7.1.0 through 7.1.9; 7.8.0 through 7.8.4; 7.9.0 through 7.9.3; 7.10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2785
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2785
Vendor Advisory
https://mattermost.com/security-updates
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