CVE-2022-46405

Public Exploit

Description

Mastodon through 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large Sidekiq pull queue) by creating bot accounts that follow attacker-controlled accounts on certain other servers associated with a wildcard DNS A record, such that there is uncontrolled recursion of attacker-generated messages.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.17%
Third-Party Advisory borg.social Third-Party Advisory hackmd.io
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://borg.social/notes/98bcoo2t1n issue tracking third party advisory
https://hackmd.io/rD9nsTz1QeuPT-erxqjY-A issue tracking exploit third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-46405?
CVE-2022-46405 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-46405?
To fix CVE-2022-46405, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-46405 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-46405 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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