Mastodon Security Update Advisory (CVE-2024-23832)
Overview
An update has been made available to fix vulnerabilities in Mastodon. Users of affected versions are advised to update to the latest version.
Affected Products
Mastodon
- 3.all versions prior to 5.17
- 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.13
- 4.any 1.x version prior to 4.1.13
- 4.any 2.x version prior to 4.2.5
Resolved Vulnerabilities
Remote user account impersonation and takeover vulnerability in Mastodon (CVE-2024-23832)
Vulnerability Patches
Vulnerability patches were made available in the February 2 update. Please follow the instructions on the reference site to update to the latest vulnerability patch version.
Mastodon versions 3.5.17, 4.0.13, 4.1.13, 4.2.5
Referenced Sites
[1] CVE-2024-23832 Detail
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23832#close
[2] CVE-2024-23832
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/02/4
[3] Merge pull request from GHSA-3fjr-858r-92rw
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/1726085db5cd73dd30953da858f9887bcc90b958
[4] Remote user impersonation and takeover
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-3fjr-858r-92rw