CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-42451
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-09-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-706
Description
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to versions 3.5.14, 4.0.10, 4.1.8, and 4.2.0-rc2, under certain circumstances, attackers can exploit a flaw in domain name normalization to spoof domains they do not own. Versions 3.5.14, 4.0.10, 4.1.8, and 4.2.0-rc2 contain a patch for this issue.
Affected configurations
• joinmastodon mastodon (< 3.5.14)
• joinmastodon mastodon (>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.10)
• joinmastodon mastodon (>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.8)
• joinmastodon mastodon 4.2.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-706 Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference weakness
References
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/eeab3560fc0516070b3fb97e089b15ecab1938c8 Patch
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-v3xf-c9qf-j667 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/eeab3560fc0516070b3fb97e089b15ecab1938c8 Patch
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-v3xf-c9qf-j667 Vendor Advisory