CVE-2025-46556

MantisBT is Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via Excessive Note Length

Published Nov 4, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.27.1 and below allow attackers to permanently corrupt issue activity logs by submitting extremely long notes (tested with 4,788,761 characters) due to a lack of server-side validation of note length. Once such a note is added, the activity stream UI fails to render; therefore, new notes cannot be displayed, effectively breaking all future collaboration on the issue. This issue is fixed in version 2.27.2.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r3jf-hm7q-qfw5 MantisBT Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) via Excessive Note Length
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Mantisbt
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Vendors & Products Mantisbt
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Description Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.27.1 and below allow attackers to permanently corrupt issue activity logs by submitting extremely long notes (tested with 4,788,761 characters) due to a lack of server-side validation of note length. Once such a note is added, the activity stream UI fails to render; therefore, new notes cannot be displayed, effectively breaking all future collaboration on the issue. This issue is fixed in version 2.27.2.
Title MantisBT is Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via Excessive Note Length
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 6, 2025, 8:44 PM
Reserved
Apr 24, 2025, 9:10 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Nov 4, 2025, 1:15 AM
Modified
Oct 19, 2026, 1:10 PM