Path traversal in GitHub plugin's code preview feature

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2797",
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    "title": "Path traversal in GitHub plugin's code preview feature",
    "summary": "Mattermost fails to sanitize code permalinks, allowing an attacker to preview code from private repositories by posting a specially crafted permalink on a channel.",
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  "published_at": "2023-06-16T09:03:17.656+00:00"
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