CVE-2024-37182 Lack of permissions prompting when opening external URLs

What is CVE-2024-37182?

CVE-2024-37182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, published on 14 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.7.0 fail to correctly prompt for permission when opening external URLs which allows a remote attacker to force a victim over the Internet to run arbitrary programs on the victim's system via custom URI schemes.

Weakness: CWE-693

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37182?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including mattermost-desktop. It affects 1 product.

Products include Mattermost Mattermost Desktop.

How do I fix CVE-2024-37182?

Upgrade mattermost-desktop to 5.8.0 or later.

Is CVE-2024-37182 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37182 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mattermost

• CVE-2016-11064 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-20856 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-20861 Code injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2026-1046 Arbitrary application execution via unvalidated server-controlled URLs in Help menu High 7.6
• CVE-2020-14456 Security feature bypass in n/a High 7.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-hvxg-77mg-vrvp.