CVE-2023-5968
MEDIUM4.9EPSS 0.15%Mattermost password hash disclosure vulnerability
Published: 11/6/2023Modified: 7/22/2025
Description
Mattermost fails to properly sanitize the user object when updating the username, resulting in the password hash being included in the response body.
Affected packages (4)
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverfrom 0, < 5.3.2-0.20230825233148-f787fd63368a
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5from 0, < 5.3.2-0.20230825233148-f787fd63368a
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6>= 5.4.0-rc1, < 7.8.12
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5968
- PATCHhttps://github.com/mattermost/mattermost
- WEBhttps://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/698f4a97da564e2c1f2bf1fbd01755cefa3b7881
- WEBhttps://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/24362
- WEBhttps://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/24566
- WEBhttps://mattermost.com/security-updates