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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.3 Medium

CVE-2025-27157

Mastodon's rate-limits are missing on `/auth/setup`

Description

Mastodon is a self-hosted, federated microblogging platform. Starting in version 4.2.0 and prior to versions 4.2.16 and 4.3.4, the rate limits are missing on `/auth/setup`. Without those rate limits, an attacker can craft requests that will send an email to an arbitrary addresses. Versions 4.2.16 and 4.3.4 fix the issue.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

mastodon mastodon

  • >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.16affected
  • >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.4affected

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