CVE-2024-47401 DoS via Amplified GraphQL Response in Playbooks
An attacker can crash the Mattermost application by sending crafted requests to Playbooks, causing an amplified GraphQL response.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-47401?
CVE-2024-47401 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost Server, published on 29 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Mattermost versions 9.10.x <= 9.10.2, 9.11.x <= 9.11.1 and 9.5.x <= 9.5.9 fail to prevent detailed error messages from being displayed in Playbooks which allows an attacker to generate a large response and cause an amplified GraphQL response which in turn could cause the application to crash by sending a specially crafted request to Playbooks.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47401?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server and github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 Go | All versions | 8.0.0-20240926115259-20ed58906adc |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 Go | All versions | 8.0.0-20240926115259-20ed58906adc |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 Go | All versions | 8.0.0-20240926115259-20ed58906adc |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server Go | All versions | None |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 Go | All versions | None |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 Go | All versions | None |
Products include Mattermost Mattermost Server.
How do I fix CVE-2024-47401?
Upgrade github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 to 8.0.0-20240926115259-20ed58906adc or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-47401 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47401 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mattermost Mattermost Server
- CVE-2025-12419 Account takeover on OAuth/OpenID-enabled servers
- CVE-2025-12421 Account Takeover via Code Exchange Endpoint
- CVE-2025-4981 Path Traversal Leading to RCE by Any Authenticated Mattermost User
- CVE-2025-20051 Arbitrary file read via block duplication in Mattermost Boards
- CVE-2025-25279 Arbitrary file read in Mattermost Boards via import & export board archive
Sources
Also known as GHSA-762v-rq7q-ff97, GO-2024-3234.