CVE-2021-37861
Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when...
Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when user creation fails.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when user creation fails.
- Record
CVE-2021-37861- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24339
Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when user creation fails.
- Record
EUVD-2021-24339- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hvvh-wh5g-3ppr No score
Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when...
Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when user creation fails.
- Record
GHSA-hvvh-wh5g-3ppr- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when user creation fails.
- Record
CVE-2021-37861- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when user creation fails.
- Record
CVE-2021-37861- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-37861 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Mattermost, published December 9, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.