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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-18912

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. It allows an attacker to specify a full pathname of a log file.

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CVE-2017-18912
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1 Nov 2026, 06:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-18912

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jun 2020, 19:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. It allows an attacker to specify a full pathname of a log file.

osv:CVE-2017-18912
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18912",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2017-18912",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. It allows an attacker to specify a full pathname of a log file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-18912",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-m2ch-x2q7-2284",
        "GO-2026-4487"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v3.7.4",
            "v3.6.6",
            "v3.8.0",
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            "v3.6.4",
            "v3.7.2",
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            "v3.6.1",
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:45.320532695Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://mattermost.com/security-updates/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2017-18912",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436099,
  "published_at": "2020-06-19T19:15:11.997+00:00"
}