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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 14, 2024· Updated Aug 2, 2024

Lack of permissions prompting when opening external URLs

CVE-2024-37182

Description

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.7.0 fail to correctly prompt for permission when opening external URLs which allows a remote attacker to force a victim over the Internet to run arbitrary programs on the victim's system via custom URI schemes.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
mattermost-desktopnpm
< 5.8.05.8.0

Affected products

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Patches

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