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Fencer Intel
critical 9.8

CVE-2017-18908 json

Mattermost Server password reset email requests can be sent to attacker-provided email addresses

published 2020-06-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-34cx-hvm4-vx7j , GO-2026-4476 , EUVD-2017-9998

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.0.0, 3.10.2, and 3.9.2. A password-reset request was sometime sent to an attacker-provided e-mail address.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server 3.9.1-rc1, 3.9.1-rc1+incompatible, 3.10.1, 3.10.1+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

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
<3.9.1-rc1
>=3.10.0, <3.10.1
<3.9.1-rc1+incompatible
>=3.10.0+incompatible, <3.10.1+incompatible
3.9.1-rc1
3.10.1
3.9.1-rc1+incompatible
3.10.1+incompatible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication
  • CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

Sources

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