Unauthenticated login-attempt limit bypass via race condition
Published Dec 16, 2024 · Updated Dec 16, 2024
Race condition in Mattermost allows remote attackers to bypass failed-login limits by sending simultaneous login requests. In 9.5.0 through 9.5.12, 9.11.0 through 9.11.4, 10.0.0 through 10.0.2, and 10.1.0 through 10.1.2, the server checks and updates a shared failed-attempt counter without synchronization, allowing concurrent requests to proceed from a pre-block state. No authentication is required, and the bypass permits many password attempts before account blocking rather than granting access directly.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in Mattermost allows remote attackers to bypass failed-login limits by sending simultaneous login requests. In 9.5.0 through 9.5.12, 9.11.0 through 9.11.4, 10.0.0 through 10.0.2, and 10.1.0 through 10.1.2, the server checks and updates a shared failed-attempt counter without synchronization, allowing concurrent requests to proceed from a pre-block state. No authentication is required, and the bypass permits many password attempts before account blocking rather than granting access directly.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-48872
- Published
- Dec 16, 2024
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2024
- Vendor
- Mattermost
- Product
- Mattermost
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.0 <=10.0.2
- Affected versionversion=10.1.0 <=10.1.2
- Affected versionversion=9.11.0 <=9.11.4
- Affected versionversion=9.5.0 <=9.5.12
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