CVE-2017-0896
mediumpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Zulip Server 1.5.1 and below suffer from an error in the implementation of the invite_by_admins_only setting in the Zulip group chat application server that allowed an authenticated user to invite other users to join a Zulip organization even if the organization was configured to prevent this.
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affected products (20)
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references (9)
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- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/1f48fa27672170bba3b9a97384905bb04c18761bcnnvd
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/zulip-announce/sUYeJv-fFmg/2TU2TLmNAwAJcnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/224210cnnvd
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/1f48fa27672170bba3b9a97384905bb04c18761benisa_euvd
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/zulip-announce/sUYeJv-fFmg/2TU2TLmNAwAJenisa_euvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/224210enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/1f48fa27672170bba3b9a97384905bb04c18761bIssue TrackingPatchnvd
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/zulip-announce/sUYeJv-fFmg/2TU2TLmNAwAJnvd
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