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high 8.1

CVE-2017-18906 json

Mattermost Server vulnerable to user account takeover when Single Sign-On OAuth2 is used

published 2020-06-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-fpcr-4rr5-hpcp , GO-2026-4477 , EUVD-2017-9996

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.0.0, 3.10.2, and 3.9.2, when Single Sign-On OAuth2 is used. An attacker could claim somebody else's account.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server 3.9.2-0.20170714134023-b17fca0d5ee7, 3.10.2, 3.10.2+incompatible
  • mattermost mattermost_server 3.9.2, 3.10.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20260226T182644-150000.1.149.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0757-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Exploit prediction

0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
<3.9.2-0.20170714134023-b17fca0d5ee7
>=3.10.0, <3.10.2
>=3.10.0+incompatible, <3.10.2+incompatible
3.9.2-0.20170714134023-b17fca0d5ee7
3.10.2
3.10.2+incompatible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication
  • CWE-613 DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration

References

Sources

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