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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2023-3593 json

Server crash via a specially crafted markdown input

published 2023-07-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-mattermost-2023-3593 , EUVD-2023-44243

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a specially crafted markdown input.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami mattermost 7.8.7, 7.9.5, 7.10.3
  • Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.7, 7.9.5, 7.10.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami mattermost
>=7.8.0, <7.8.7
>=7.9.0, <7.9.5
>=7.10.0, <7.10.3
7.8.7
7.9.5
7.10.3

Affected products

  • Mattermost Mattermost

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.