Information Disclosure in Mattermost (CVE-2023-46701)
Summary
Vulnerability in Mattermost (CVE-2023-46701). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Mattermost fails to perform authorization checks in the /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/runs/add-to-timeline-dialog endpoint of the Playbooks plugin allowing an attacker to get limited information about a post if they know the post ID
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-46701 has been found in Mattermost.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Mattermost CVE-2023-46701" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-46701 (Mattermost) — CWE-200
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Information disclosure (CWE-200) exists in Mattermost.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Mattermost.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Mattermost' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Mattermost' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Mattermostを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web mattermost.com