CVE-2025-62174 (GCVE-0-2025-62174)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-13 20:54 – Updated: 2025-10-14 14:00
VLAI
Title
Mastodon allows continued access after password reset via CLI
Summary
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, when an administrator resets a user account's password via the command-line interface using `bin/tootctl accounts modify --reset-password`, active sessions and access tokens for that account are not revoked. This allows an attacker with access to a previously compromised session or token to continue using the account after the password has been reset. This issue has been patched in versions 4.2.27, 4.3.14, and 4.4.6. No known workarounds exist.
Severity
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-14 14:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7639 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
mastodon mastodon Affected: >= 4.4.0-beta.1, < 4.4.6
Affected: >= 4.3.0-beta.1, < 4.3.14
Affected: < 4.2.27
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