PT-2024-25955 · Mastodon · Mastodon

Published 2024-10-03 · Updated 2025-05-07 · CVE-2024-34535

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mastodon version 4.1.6

Description The issue allows API endpoint rate limiting to be bypassed by setting a crafted HTTP request header.

Recommendations For Mastodon version 4.1.6, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to API endpoints until a patch is available. Avoid using crafted HTTP request headers in the affected API endpoints until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

HTTP Request/Response Smuggling

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-444

Related Identifiers

BIT-MASTODON-2024-34535

CVE-2024-34535

GHSA-Q3RG-XX5V-4MXH

Affected Products

Mastodon

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34535 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-mastodon-2024-34535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/tags · Note
• https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-q3rg-xx5v-4mxh · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6920 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96960 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1841906405369954700 · Twitter Post