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CVE-2017-18915

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18915 describes a critical vulnerability in Mattermost Server versions prior to 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7, where an attacker could gain unauthorized API Endpoint access after a server restart. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.7.0, < 3.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.8.0, < 3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverFixed in: 3.6.7-0.20170420152529-0968e4079e0a
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverFixed in: 3.7.5
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverFixed in: 3.8.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-hxxj-8phw-74vwcritical

Mattermost Server server restarts may provide attackers with API access

May 24, 2022

References

mattermost.com / security-updates
Vendor Advisory