CVE-2018-21258

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.17% (67th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the invite_people slash command.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-74USprimaryCWE-400US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
mattermost mattermost server< 5.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverall versionsosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server< 5.1.0osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5< 5.1.0osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-5mh6-p63g-3mv5Mattermost Server is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack through `invite_people` command2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1.0. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the invite_people slash command.
GO-2025-4146Mattermost Server is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack through `invite_people` command in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server2025-11-25vendor · osvUS
Mattermost Server is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack through `invite_people` command in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-06-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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