CVE-2026-72914
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to 4.4.21, 4.5.14, 4.6.4, and 4.7.0-beta.1, the administrative statistics endpoints handled by Api::V1::Admin::MeasuresController and Api::V1::Admin::RetentionController checked authorization only after beginning expensive calculations. Anonymous callers could submit keys, start_at, and end_at parameters that caused long-running SQL queries in Admin::Metrics::Measure, Admin::Metrics::Retention, and Admin::Metrics::Dimension::BaseDimension, allowing repeated requests to exhaust server resources. This issue is fixed in versions 4.4.21, 4.5.14, 4.6.4, and 4.7.0-beta.1.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.83%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 56
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact90 %
Acceso de red sin autenticación (AV:N/PR:N) a endpoints administrativos que ejecutan cálculos costosos (SQL queries largas); negación de servicio por agotamiento de recursos mediante solicitudes repetidas.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-405, CWE-770
Referencias
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/18c61f286f1f5718a8f517940ba384866ffa3892
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/467c933459c7d0e5513475b9e4888afaedfb1074
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/930aa9fee26bf9eaefe27826fa1061288d83373b
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/da47a1bd3cd07935d7ca55a1f4f1a76f7f167e0d
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.21
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.14
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.6.4
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.7.0-beta.1
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-7jvv-fhmg-wpfw
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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