CVE-2023-2793
Stack exhaustion in PreparePostForClientWithEmbedsAndImages
Mattermost fails to validate links on external websites when constructing a preview for a linked website, allowing an attacker to cause a denial-of-service by a linking to a specially crafted webpage in a message.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
Stack exhaustion in PreparePostForClientWithEmbedsAndImages
Mattermost fails to validate links on external websites when constructing a preview for a linked website, allowing an attacker to cause a denial-of-service by a linking to a specially crafted webpage in a message.
- Record
CVE-2023-2793- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-34249
6.5
Mattermost fails to validate links on external websites when constructing a preview for a linked website, allowing an attacker to cause a denial-of-service by a linking to a specially crafted webpage in a message.
- Record
EUVD-2023-34249- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7qj9-mfh7-vg26
6.5
Mattermost fails to validate links on external websites when constructing a preview for a linked...
Mattermost fails to validate links on external websites when constructing a preview for a linked website, allowing an attacker to cause a denial-of-service by a linking to a specially crafted webpage in a message.
- Record
GHSA-7qj9-mfh7-vg26- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
Mattermost fails to validate links on external websites when constructing a preview for a linked website, allowing an attacker to cause a denial-of-service by a linking to a specially crafted webpage in a message.
- Record
CVE-2023-2793- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
Stack exhaustion in PreparePostForClientWithEmbedsAndImages
Mattermost fails to validate links on external websites when constructing a preview for a linked website, allowing an attacker to cause a denial-of-service by a linking to a specially crafted webpage in a message.
- Record
CVE-2023-2793- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- 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-2023-2793 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Mattermost, published June 16, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.