CVE-2023-5920 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.

Published: 2023-11-02

Score: 2.9 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mattermost

Mattermost Desktop

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 5.5.0
`5.5.1`	unaffected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update Mattermost Desktop to versions 5.5.1 or higher.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58192	Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00078.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://mattermost.com/security-updates

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

Mattermost Mattermost Desktop

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mattermost

Published: 2023-11-02T08:34:30.659Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T20:36:12.934Z

Reserved: 2023-11-02T08:29:11.115Z

Link: CVE-2023-5920

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:24.994Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-02T09:15:08.837

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:42:46.840

Link: CVE-2023-5920

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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