Unauthenticated LDAP account lockout via repeated failures
Published May 15, 2025 · Updated May 15, 2025
Account lockout failure in affected Mattermost releases allows remote attackers to lock external LDAP accounts through login requests. The LDAP login path in 9.11.0 through 9.11.11, 10.4.0 through 10.4.4, 10.5.0 through 10.5.2, and 10.6.0 through 10.6.1 forwards repeated invalid credentials to the external directory rather than stopping attempts under Mattermost's lockout control. No Mattermost account or user interaction is required, but LDAP authentication must be enabled and a valid LDAP login identifier must be known; repeated failures can deny that directory account access.
Summary
What happened
Account lockout failure in affected Mattermost releases allows remote attackers to lock external LDAP accounts through login requests. The LDAP login path in 9.11.0 through 9.11.11, 10.4.0 through 10.4.4, 10.5.0 through 10.5.2, and 10.6.0 through 10.6.1 forwards repeated invalid credentials to the external directory rather than stopping attempts under Mattermost's lockout control. No Mattermost account or user interaction is required, but LDAP authentication must be enabled and a valid LDAP login identifier must be known; repeated failures can deny that directory account access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-31947
- Published
- May 15, 2025
- Updated
- May 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Mattermost
- Product
- Mattermost
- Classifications
- CWE-645, T1531
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.4.0 <=10.4.4
- Affected versionversion=10.5.0 <=10.5.2
- Affected versionversion=10.6.0 <=10.6.1
- Affected versionversion=9.11.0 <=9.11.11
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