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.
Published: 2022-12-04
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-49214 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.
History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-24T15:19:38.915Z

Reserved: 2022-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46405

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.361Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-04T04:15:09.380

Modified: 2025-04-24T16:15:24.133

Link: CVE-2022-46405

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses