GHSA-r67m-mf7v-qp7j

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    GHSA-r67m-mf7v-qp7j

    Published: 6 Nov 2023Last Modified: 22 Jul 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2023-5968

    Summary: Mattermost password hash disclosure vulnerability

    Details: Mattermost fails to properly sanitize the user object when updating the username, resulting in the password hash being included in the response body. 

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5968, https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/24362, https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/24566, https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/698f4a97da564e2c1f2bf1fbd01755cefa3b7881, https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost, https://mattermost.com/security-updates

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 5.4.0-rc1
    Fixed -7.8.12

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High