CVE-2023-3584 — Mattermost fails to properly check the authorization of POST /api/v4/teams when

Mattermost fails to properly check the authorization of POST /api/v4/teams when passing a team override scheme ID in the request, allowing an authenticated attacker with knowledge of a Team Override Scheme ID to create a new team with said team override scheme.

01What is this vulnerability?

Mattermost fails to properly check the authorization of POST /api/v4/teams when passing a team override scheme ID in the request, allowing an authenticated attacker with knowledge of a Team Override Scheme ID to create a new team with said team override scheme.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mattermost	Mattermost	0, 0, 7.10.3 , 7.8.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-07-17T15:23:02.918Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-21T19:50:40.857Z

09References

• mattermost.com — https://mattermost.com/security-updates