🛡️ CVE-2017-18917 — mattermost-server

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-328 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Mattermost Server uses weak hashing for OAuth, email verification tokens and invitations in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Mattermost Server uses weak hashing for OAuth, email verification tokens and invitations in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server.

NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.

(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)

The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server before v3.7.5-0.20170421192444-247cd1e51a8c.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity low, availability none.

Affected software

CVE-2017-18917 is recorded against 1 package.

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 19 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
mattermost.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-328
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-02-19
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server — —

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