CVE-2023-3593
Server crash via a specially crafted markdown input
Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a specially crafted markdown input.
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
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Server crash via a specially crafted markdown input
Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a specially crafted markdown input.
- Record
CVE-2023-3593- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-44243
Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a specially crafted markdown input.
- Record
EUVD-2023-44243- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mf63-58j7-3j76
Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a...
Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a specially crafted markdown input.
- Record
GHSA-mf63-58j7-3j76- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a specially crafted markdown input.
- Record
CVE-2023-3593- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - 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
Server crash via a specially crafted markdown input
Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a specially crafted markdown input.
- Record
CVE-2023-3593- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-mattermost-2023-3593 No score
Mattermost fails to properly validate markdown, allowing an attacker to crash the server via a specially crafted markdown input.
- Record
BIT-mattermost-2023-3593- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mattermostBitnami |
7.8.0 up to 7.8.7, 7.9.0 up to 7.9.5, 7.10.0 up to 7.10.3 | 7.8.77.9.57.10.3 |
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-2023-3593 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mattermost, published July 17, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. Fixed in mattermost 7.8.7.