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Arbitrary file creation through media attachments on Mastodon (self.technology)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by edu4rdshl to c/technology
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CVE-2023-36460 is a Mastodon vulnerability where you can send a toot which makes a webshell on instances that process said toot.

Edit: it's already fixed, that's why it was disclosed on GitHub.

The security advisory: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-9928-3cp5-93fm

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure if this is related, but I think they pushed an update for it https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/110667890329356603

[–] edu4rdshl 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, it's already fixed, that's why it was disclosed on Github. I will edit the post to reflect that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Woof