Excessive resource consumption when sending long emoji names in user custom status
Priority LOW 30CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Mattermost fails to properly validate the length of the emoji value in the custom user status, allowing an attacker to send multiple times a very long string as an emoji value causing high resource consumption and possibly crashing the server.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0068 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Mattermost (Mattermost): 9.4.0, 9.3.1, 9.2.5 +1github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): 9.3.1, 9.2.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattermost | Mattermost | up to 9.2.4; up to 8.1.8; up to 9.3.0 | 9.4.0, 9.3.1, 9.2.5, 8.1.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) | 9.3.0 to before 9.3.1 | 9.3.1 | Patch available | GHSA-6mx3-9qfh-77gj |
| — | github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) | 9.2.0 to before 9.2.5 | 9.2.5 | Patch available | GHSA-6mx3-9qfh-77gj |
- Mattermost VendorMattermost Affected up to 9.2.4; up to 8.1.8; up to 9.3.0 Fixed in 9.4.0, 9.3.1, 9.2.5, 8.1.9 Patch available CNA
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) Vendor— Affected 9.3.0 to before 9.3.1 Fixed in 9.3.1 Patch available GHSA-6mx3-9qfh-77gj
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) Vendor— Affected 9.2.0 to before 9.2.5 Fixed in 9.2.5 Patch available GHSA-6mx3-9qfh-77gj
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 8.1.8; 9.0.0 to before 9.1.5; 9.2.0 to before 9.2.4 | Vulnerable | Mattermost |
- cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.1.8; 9.0.0 to before 9.1.5; 9.2.0 to before 9.2.4 Vulnerable ·Mattermost
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Mattermost (Mattermost) Fixed in 9.4.0, 9.3.1, 9.2.5, 8.1.9
- Fix · GHSA-6mx3-9qfh-77gj github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) Fixed in 9.3.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-6mx3-9qfh-77gj github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) Fixed in 9.2.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-24988
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6mx3-9qfh-77gj
References
More Mattermost Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-18933 Arbitrary file read in Mattermost Boards via import & export board archive CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-04465 Path Traversal Leading to RCE by Any Authenticated Mattermost User CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2017-14068 An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.6.2. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14060 An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14048 An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.1.0, 4.0.4, and 3.10.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-14360 Arbitrary file read via block duplication in Mattermost Boards CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-24988 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-24988 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6mx3-9qfh-77gj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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