CVE-2026-23961
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23961
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23961.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-23961
- Aliases
-
- BIT-mastodon-2026-23961
- GHSA-5h2f-wg8j-xqwp
- Published
- 2026-01-22T01:47:36.828Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-03T01:22:55.699899Z
- Severity
-
- 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Mastodon may allow a remote suspension bypass
- Details
-
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Mastodon allows server administrators to suspend remote users to prevent interactions. However, some logic errors allow already-known posts from such suspended users to appear in timelines if boosted. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, previously-unknown posts from suspended users can be processed. This issue allows old posts from suspended users to occasionally end up on timelines on all Mastodon versions. Additionally, on Mastodon versions from v4.5.0 to v4.5.4, v4.4.5 to v4.4.11, v4.3.13 to v4.3.17, and v4.2.26 to v4.2.29, remote suspended users can partially bypass the suspension to get new posts in. Mastodon versions v4.5.5, v4.4.12, v4.3.18 are patched.
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-863" ], "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23961.json" }- References
-
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23961.json
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.18
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.12
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.5
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-5h2f-wg8j-xqwp
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23961
Affected packages
Git / github.com/mastodon/mastodon
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
v0.*
v0.1.0
v0.1.1
v0.1.2
v0.6
v0.7
v0.8
v0.9
v0.9.9
v1.*
v1.0
v1.1
v1.1.1
v1.1.2
v1.2
v1.2.1
v1.2.2
v1.3
v1.3.1
v1.3.2
v1.4.1
v1.4.2
v1.4.3
v1.4.4
v1.4.5
v1.4.6
v1.4.7
v1.4rc1
v1.4rc2
v1.4rc3
v1.4rc4
v1.4rc5
v1.4rc6
v1.5.0
v1.5.0rc1
v1.5.0rc2
v1.5.0rc3
v1.5.1
v1.6.0
v1.6.0rc1
v1.6.0rc2
v1.6.0rc3
v1.6.0rc4
v1.6.0rc5
v1.6.1
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0rc1
v2.0.0rc2
v2.0.0rc3
v2.0.0rc4
v2.1.0
v2.1.0rc1
v2.1.0rc2
v2.1.0rc3
v2.1.0rc4
v2.1.0rc5
v2.1.0rc6
v2.1.1
v2.1.2
v2.1.3
v2.2.0
v2.2.0rc1
v2.2.0rc2
v2.3.0
v2.3.0rc1
v2.3.0rc2
v2.3.0rc3
v2.3.1
v2.3.1rc1
v2.3.1rc2
v2.3.1rc3
v2.3.2
v2.3.2rc1
v2.3.2rc2
v2.3.2rc3
v2.3.2rc4
v2.3.2rc5
v2.4.0
v2.4.0rc1
v2.4.0rc2
v2.4.0rc3
v2.4.0rc4
v2.4.0rc5
v2.4.1
v2.4.1rc1
v2.4.1rc2
v2.4.1rc3
v2.4.1rc4
v2.4.2
v2.4.2rc1
v2.4.2rc2
v2.4.2rc3
v2.4.3
v2.4.3rc1
v2.4.3rc2
v2.4.3rc3
v2.5.0
v2.5.0rc1
v2.5.0rc2
v2.6.0
v2.6.0rc1
v2.6.0rc2
v2.6.0rc3
v2.6.0rc4
v2.6.1
v2.7.0
v2.7.0rc1
v2.7.0rc2
v2.7.0rc3
v2.7.1
v2.8.0
v2.8.0rc1
v2.8.0rc2
v2.8.0rc3
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.9.0
v2.9.0rc1
v2.9.0rc2
v2.9.1
v2.9.2
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.0rc1
v3.0.0rc2
v3.0.0rc3
v3.0.1
v3.1.0
v3.1.0rc1
v3.1.0rc2
v3.1.1
v3.1.2
v3.1.3
v3.1.4
v3.2.0
v3.2.0rc1
v3.2.0rc2
v3.3.0
v3.3.0rc1
v3.3.0rc2
v3.3.0rc3
v3.4.0
v3.4.0rc1
v3.4.0rc2
v3.4.1
v3.5.0
v3.5.0rc1
v3.5.0rc2
v3.5.0rc3
v3.5.1
v3.5.2
v3.5.3
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0rc1
v4.0.0rc2
v4.0.0rc3
v4.0.0rc4
v4.0.1
v4.0.2
v4.1.0
v4.1.0rc1
v4.1.0rc2
v4.1.0rc3
v4.2.0
v4.2.0-beta1
v4.2.0-beta2
v4.2.0-beta3
v4.2.0-rc1
v4.2.0-rc2
v4.3.0
v4.3.0-beta.1
v4.3.0-beta.2
v4.3.0-rc.1
v4.3.1
v4.3.10
v4.3.11
v4.3.12
v4.3.13
v4.3.14
v4.3.15
v4.3.16
v4.3.17
v4.3.2
v4.3.3
v4.3.4
v4.3.5
v4.3.6
v4.3.7
v4.3.8
v4.3.9
v4.4.0
v4.4.0-beta.1
v4.4.0-beta.2
v4.4.0-rc.1
v4.4.1
v4.4.10
v4.4.11
v4.4.2
v4.4.3
v4.4.4
v4.4.5
v4.4.6
v4.4.7
v4.4.8
v4.4.9
v4.5.0
v4.5.0-beta.1
v4.5.0-beta.2
v4.5.0-rc.1
v4.5.0-rc.2
v4.5.0-rc.3
v4.5.1
v4.5.2
v4.5.3
v4.5.4