Medium
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2 when local storage for files is used. A System Admin can create arbitrary files.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-18875
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2 when local storage for files is used. A System Admin can create arbitrary files.
osv:CVE-2017-18875
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:02.326987606Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2020-06-19T17:15:12.117+00:00"
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