CVE-2025-8023 (GCVE-0-2025-8023)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-21 07:51
Modified
2025-08-21 14:50
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
Mattermost versions 10.8.x <= 10.8.3, 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17, 10.9.x <= 10.9.2 fails to sanitize path traversal sequences in template file destination paths, which allows a system admin to perform path traversal attacks via malicious path components, potentially enabling malicious file placement outside intended directories.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mattermost Mattermost Version: 10.8.0   ≤ 10.8.3
Version: 10.5.0   ≤ 10.5.8
Version: 9.11.0   ≤ 9.11.17
Version: 10.9.0   ≤ 10.9.2
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