CVE-2023-2514
DB username/password revealed in application logs
Mattermost Sever fails to redact the DB username and password before emitting an application log during server initialization.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
DB username/password revealed in application logs
Mattermost Sever fails to redact the DB username and password before emitting an application log during server initialization.
- Record
CVE-2023-2514- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-33996
Mattermost Sever fails to redact the DB username and password before emitting an application log during server initialization.
- Record
EUVD-2023-33996- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5j89-95rh-frfj
Mattermost Sever fails to redact the DB username and password before emitting an application log...
Mattermost Sever fails to redact the DB username and password before emitting an application log during server initialization.
- Record
GHSA-5j89-95rh-frfj- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Mattermost Sever fails to redact the DB username and password before emitting an application log during server initialization.
- Record
CVE-2023-2514- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - 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 - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
DB username/password revealed in application logs
Mattermost Sever fails to redact the DB username and password before emitting an application log during server initialization.
- Record
CVE-2023-2514- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-2514 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Mattermost, published May 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.