stoatchat versions before 0.15.5 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the acknowledgement worker that processes mass mention messages. Authenticated users can send five crafted role-mention messages to terminate all acknowledgement workers, disabling push notifications and mention badges deployment-wide until the API process restarts.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
None
No data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service
CVSS Vector v4.0
Weakness Type (CWE)
Vulnerable Products
stoatchat:stoatchat