Description
Mastodon through 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large Sidekiq pull queue) by creating bot accounts that follow attacker-controlled accounts on certain other servers associated with a wildcard DNS A record, such that there is uncontrolled recursion of attacker-generated messages.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0072
EPSS Percentile
72.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (1)
joinmastodon/mastodon
< 4.0.2
Published
Dec 04, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026