CVE-2026-50129 (GCVE-0-2026-50129)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 19:50 – Updated: 2026-06-24 19:50
VLAI
Title
Mastodon: Persistent anonymous DoS via unhandled NoMethodError in MATH_TRANSFORMER
Summary
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to 4.5.11, 4.4.18, and 4.3.24, a DoS can be triggered by (Uncaught Exception vulerability), due to missing exception handling in the math sanitizer. Malformed <math> nodes can result in a DoS of a whole server or targeted users services, depending on the type of action that includes the malformed nodes and the services interacting with it. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.11, 4.4.18, and 4.3.24.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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