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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

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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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  not the person you’re replying to but yes, anyone on an unpatched server is vulnerable

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