Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to versions 4.3.19, 4.4.13, 4.5.6, Mastodon is vulnerable to web cache poisoning via `Rails.cache. When AUTHORIZED_FETCH is enabled, the ActivityPub endpoints for pinned posts and featured hashtags have contents that depend on the account that signed the HTTP request. However, these contents are stored in an internal cache and reused with no regards to the signing actor. As a result, an empty response generated for a blocked user account may be served to requests from legitimate non-blocked actors, or conversely, content intended for non-blocked actors may be returned to blocked actors. This issue has been patched in versions 4.3.19, 4.4.13, 4.5.6.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-ccpr-m53r-mfwr | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
20 Feb 2026, 21:02
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-ccpr-m53r-mfwr - Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Joinmastodon mastodon
Joinmastodon |
04 Feb 2026, 22:16
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Information
Published : 2026-02-04 22:16
Updated : 2026-02-20 21:02
NVD link : CVE-2026-25540
Mitre link : CVE-2026-25540
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-25540
JSON object : View
Products Affected
joinmastodon
- mastodon
CWE
CWE-524
Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
