Description
Zulip is an open-source team chat application. Starting in version 10.0 and prior to version 10.3, the "Who can create public channels" access control mechanism can be circumvented by creating a private or web-public channel, and then changing the channel privacy to public. A similar technique works for creating private channels without permission, though such a process requires either the API or modifying the HTML, as we do mark the "private" radio button as disabled in such cases. Version 10.3 contains a patch.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/zulip/zulip/security/advisories/GHSA-rqg7-xfqg-v7q5
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/d2ff4bda4c3efa30fc3ab1f151255cfdbf370f78
Product x_refsource_misc
https://zulip.com/help/configure-who-can-create-channels
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/changelog.html#zulip-server-10-3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
42.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (1)
zulip/zulip
10.0 - 10.3
Published
May 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026