Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2024-03-06 10:56
Modified
2025-05-20 10:02
Summary
Mastodon's blind LDAP injection in login allows the attacker to leak arbitrary attributes from LDAP database
Details

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub Mastodon allows configuration of LDAP for authentication. Starting in version 2.5.0 and prior to versions 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2, the LDAP query made during login is insecure and the attacker can perform LDAP injection attack to leak arbitrary attributes from LDAP database. This issue is fixed in versions 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "mastodon",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/mastodon"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.5.8"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.4"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "4.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-28853"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub Mastodon allows configuration of LDAP for authentication. Starting in version 2.5.0 and prior to versions 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2, the LDAP query made during login is insecure and the attacker can perform LDAP injection attack to leak arbitrary attributes from LDAP database. This issue is fixed in versions 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2.",
  "id": "BIT-mastodon-2023-28853",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T10:56:55.572Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/06/6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/94cbd808b5b3e7999c7e77dc724b7e8c9dd2bdec/app/models/concerns/ldap_authenticable.rb#L7-L14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/94cbd808b5b3e7999c7e77dc724b7e8c9dd2bdec/config/initializers/devise.rb#L398-L414"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/24379"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.5.8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.1.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-38g9-pfm9-gfqv"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28853"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Mastodon\u0027s blind LDAP injection in login allows the attacker to leak arbitrary attributes from LDAP database"
}


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