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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2017-18918 json

Mattermost Server does not restrict SAML certificate path for System Administrators

published 2020-06-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5ghq-28r7-qwfj , GO-2026-4460 , EUVD-2017-10008

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.7.3 and 3.6.5. A System Administrator can place a SAML certificate at an arbitrary pathname.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server 3.6.5, 3.6.5+incompatible, 3.7.3, 3.7.3+incompatible
  • mattermost mattermost_server 3.6.5, 3.7.3
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20260226T182644-150000.1.149.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0757-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
<3.6.5
>=3.7.0, <3.7.3
<3.6.5+incompatible
>=3.7.0+incompatible, <3.7.3+incompatible
3.6.5
3.7.3
3.6.5+incompatible
3.7.3+incompatible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

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.