Medium
Password hash in response body after username update
Type: advisorySources: OSV
Mattermost fails to properly sanitize the user object when updating the username, resulting in the password hash being included in the response body.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-5968
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Password hash in response body after username update
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 6 Nov 2023, 15:35 UTC
Mattermost fails to properly sanitize the user object when updating the username, resulting in the password hash being included in the response body.
osv:CVE-2023-5968
Complete source record
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