CVE-2022-46405
7.5HIGHMastodon 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 wi
Published: 12/4/2022Updated: 4/24/2025
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.
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Affected Products
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References
- https://borg.social/notes/98bcoo2t1nIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://hackmd.io/rD9nsTz1QeuPT-erxqjY-AExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://borg.social/notes/98bcoo2t1nIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://hackmd.io/rD9nsTz1QeuPT-erxqjY-AExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory