CVE-2017-18908

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.0.0, 3.10.2, and 3.9.2. A password-reset request was sometime sent to an attacker-provided e-mail address.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 19, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-18908: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix