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Webapp DoS via malicious retrospective post in Playbooks

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.5.x <= 10.5.0, 9.11.x <= 9.11.10 fail to properly validate the props used by the RetrospectivePost custom post type in the Playbooks plugin, which allows an attacker to create a specially crafted post with maliciously crafted props and cause a denial of service (DoS) of the web app for all users.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-41395
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 15:55 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Webapp DoS via malicious retrospective post in Playbooks

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Apr 2025, 06:48 UTC

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.5.x <= 10.5.0, 9.11.x <= 9.11.10 fail to properly validate the props used by the RetrospectivePost custom post type in the Playbooks plugin, which allows an attacker to create a specially crafted post with maliciously crafted props and cause a denial of service (DoS) of the web app for all users.

osv:CVE-2025-41395
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-41395",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Webapp DoS via malicious retrospective post in Playbooks",
    "summary": "Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.5.x <= 10.5.0, 9.11.x <= 9.11.10 fail to properly validate the props used by the RetrospectivePost custom post type in the Playbooks plugin, which allows an attacker to create a specially crafted post with maliciously crafted props and cause a denial of service (DoS) of the web app for all users.",
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      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2025-04-24T06:48:31.087+00:00"
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