System Role with edit access to permissions can elevate themselves to system admin
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Mattermost | Mattermost | unaffected |
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Vendor Solution
Update Mattermost to versions 9.11.0, 9.9.2, 9.5.8, 9.10.1, 9.8.3 or higher.
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2024-2499 | Mattermost versions 9.9.x <= 9.9.1, 9.5.x <= 9.5.7, 9.10.x <= 9.10.0 and 9.8.x <= 9.8.2 fail to restrict which roles can promote a user as system admin which allows a System Role with edit access to the permissions section of system console to update their role (e.g. member) to include the `manage_system` permission, effectively becoming a System Admin. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-5263-pm2h-m7hw | Mattermost doesn't restrict which roles can promote a user as system admin |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.344% probability within 30 days)
| Link | Providers |
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| https://mattermost.com/security-updates |
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| First Time appeared |
Mattermost
Mattermost mattermost |
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-Other | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Mattermost
Mattermost mattermost |
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| Metrics |
ssvc
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| Description | Mattermost versions 9.9.x <= 9.9.1, 9.5.x <= 9.5.7, 9.10.x <= 9.10.0 and 9.8.x <= 9.8.2 fail to restrict which roles can promote a user as system admin which allows a System Role with edit access to the permissions section of system console to update their role (e.g. member) to include the `manage_system` permission, effectively becoming a System Admin. | |
| Title | System Role with edit access to permissions can elevate themselves to system admin | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-284 | |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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