# CVE-2023-49809: Todo plugin gets crashed and disabled by member

> A member can crash and disable the Todo plugin by sending null request bodies to the add endpoint, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** BIT-mattermost-2023-49809, GHSA-478w-7mxw-36gh

## What is CVE-2023-49809?

CVE-2023-49809 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost Server, published on 12 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Mattermost fails to handle a null request body in the /add endpoint, allowing a simple member to send a request with null request body to that endpoint and make it crash. After a few repetitions, the plugin is disabled.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49809?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including mattermost. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mattermost` | Bitnami | All versions | 8.1.6, 9.1.1 |

Products: Mattermost Mattermost Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-49809?

Upgrade mattermost to a fixed version for your release line: 8.1.6 or 9.1.1.

## Is CVE-2023-49809 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49809 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2025-4981](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4981/): Path Traversal Leading to RCE by Any Authenticated Mattermost User (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-20051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20051/): Arbitrary file read via block duplication in Mattermost Boards (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-25279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25279/): Arbitrary file read in Mattermost Boards via import & export board archive (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-49809 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-49809 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost Server, published on 12 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49809 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- mattermost (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 8.1.6, 9.1.1

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49809/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49809/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49809
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49809
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49809

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49809/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.