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Q1What is this vulnerability? (Essence + Consequences)
๐จ **Essence**: Mattermost allows authenticated users to upload files with **path traversal sequences** (e.g., `../`).โฆ
๐ก๏ธ **Root Cause**: **CWE-427** (Uncontrolled Search Path Element). <br>๐ **Flaw**: The **archive extractor** does not clean/validate filenames before extraction.โฆ
๐ฆ **Affected Versions**: <br>โข 10.5.x (up to 10.5.5) <br>โข 9.11.x (up to 9.11.15) <br>โข 10.8.x (up to 10.8.0) <br>โข 10.7.x (up to 10.7.2) <br>โข 10.6.x (up to 10.6.5) <br>๐ข **Vendor**: Mattermost.
Q4What can hackers do? (Privileges/Data)
๐ **Attacker Capabilities**: <br>โข **Write**: Arbitrary files anywhere on the filesystem. <br>โข **Read**: Access sensitive data if they can trick the server into reading them.โฆ
๐ **Public Exploit**: **No**. <br>๐ **PoCs**: The `pocs` array is empty in the data. <br>๐ **Wild Exploitation**: No evidence of widespread automated attacks yet.โฆ
๐ **Self-Check**: <br>1. **Scan**: Check your Mattermost version against the affected list above. <br>2. **Logs**: Monitor upload logs for unusual filenames containing `../` or encoded traversal sequences. <br>3.โฆ
๐ฅ **Urgency**: **HIGH**. <br>โก **Priority**: Patch immediately. <br>๐ **CVSS**: 9.8 (Critical). <br>๐ก **Why**: Even though it requires auth, the impact is **Complete** (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability).โฆ