CVE-2025-62176

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. In Mastodon before 4.4.6, 4.3.14, and 4.2.27, the streaming server accepts serving events for public timelines to clients using any valid authentication token, even if those tokens lack the read:statuses scope. This allows OAuth clients without the read scope to subscribe to public channels and receive public timeline events. The impact is limited, as this only affects new public posts published on the public timelines and requires an otherwise valid token, but this may lead to unexpected access to public posts in a limited-federation setting. This issue has been patched in versions 4.4.6, 4.3.14, and 4.2.27. No known workarounds exist.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

20 Oct 2025, 17:19

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/7e98fa9b476fdaed235519f1d527eb956004ba0c - () https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/7e98fa9b476fdaed235519f1d527eb956004ba0c - Patch
References () https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-7gwh-mw97-qjgp - () https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-7gwh-mw97-qjgp - Vendor Advisory
First Time Joinmastodon
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13 Oct 2025, 21:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-13 21:15

Updated : 2025-10-20 17:19


NVD link : CVE-2025-62176

Mitre link : CVE-2025-62176

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-62176


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Products Affected

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  • mastodon
CWE
CWE-280

Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges