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Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-42450

CVE-2023-42450

Description

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Starting in version 4.2.0-beta1 and prior to version 4.2.0-rc2, by crafting specific input, attackers can inject arbitrary data into HTTP requests issued by Mastodon. This can be used to perform confused deputy attacks if the server configuration includes ALLOWED_PRIVATE_ADDRESSES to allow access to local exploitable services. Version 4.2.0-rc2 has a patch for the issue.

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Affected products

7
  • Mastodon/Mastodon6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 4.2.0-beta1 <= v < 4.2.0-rc2
    • (no CPE)range: >= 4.2.0-beta1, < 4.2.0-rc2
  • osv-coords
    pkg:bitnami/mastodon
    Range: >= 4.2.0-beta1, < 4.2.0

Patches

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References

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