VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-20871
The Markdown library allows catastrophic backtracking.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.9.0, 5.8.1, 5.7.3, and 4.10.8. The Markdown library allows catastrophic backtracking.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.11% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mattermost/mattermost server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://mattermost.com/security-updates/Vendor Advisory
- https://mattermost.com/security-updates/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.