CVE-2023-5920
Lack Of Secure Keyboard Entry Protection in MacOS Desktop
Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Lack Of Secure Keyboard Entry Protection in MacOS Desktop
Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.
- Record
CVE-2023-5920- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-58192
Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.
- Record
EUVD-2023-58192- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wrhx-9jgw-g8cj
Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by...
Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.
- Record
GHSA-wrhx-9jgw-g8cj- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.
- Record
CVE-2023-5920- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Lack Of Secure Keyboard Entry Protection in MacOS Desktop
Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.
- Record
CVE-2023-5920- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5920 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.9) in Mattermost Desktop, published November 2, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.