Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort in Mattermost Server - CVE-2017-18917
Published: June 19, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30184
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18917
CWE-ID: CWE-916
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. Weak hashing was used for e-mail invitations, OAuth, and e-mail verification tokens.
Affected software
Mattermost Server
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18917
Install update from vendor's website.
Mattermost Server - update to 3.8.2