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Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

Mastodon security update: every version prior to today's is vulnerable to remote user impersonation and takeover

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Mastodon security update: every version prior to today's is vulnerable to remote user impersonation and takeover

Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to

Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

Remote user impersonation and takeover

### Summary Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account. Every Mastodon version prior to 3.5.17 is vulnerable, as well as...

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German news:
https://www.heise.de/news/Mastodon-Diebstahl-beliebiger-Identitaeten-im-foederierten-Kurznachrichtendienst-9615961.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

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