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CVE-2017-18912

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. It allows an attacker to specify a full pathname of a log file.

Affected products

• Mattermost: before 3.6.7; from 3.7.0 before 3.7.5; from 3.8.0 before 3.8.2 — fixed in 3.6.7, 3.7.5, 3.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mattermost 3.6.7, 3.7.5, 3.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://mattermost.com/security-updates/
• https://mattermost.com/security-updates/

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