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CVE-2023-36460

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
10.0
EPSS
0.4011
Risk score
54.04
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2023-07-06
Modified
2025-02-13
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2023-40422
Products
mastodon:mastodon 3.5.0, < 3.5.9, mastodon:mastodon 4.0.0, < 4.0.5, mastodon:mastodon 4.1.0, < 4.1.3
Sources
euvd EUVD-2023-40422

Description

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Starting in version 3.5.0 and prior to versions 3.5.9, 4.0.5, and 4.1.3, attackers using carefully crafted media files can cause Mastodon's media processing code to create arbitrary files at any location. This allows attackers to create and overwrite any file Mastodon has access to, allowing Denial of Service and arbitrary Remote Code Execution. Versions 3.5.9, 4.0.5, and 4.1.3 contain a patch for this issue.

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