CVE-2025-20630
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMattermost Mobile versions <=2.22.0 fail to properly handle posts with attachments containing fields that cannot be cast to a String, which allows an attacker to cause the mobile to crash via creating and sending such a post to a channel.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceMattermost Mobile versions 2.22.0 and prior contain a vulnerability in post attachment processing where fields that cannot be cast to String cause an unhandled exception, resulting in application crash. An attacker with channel posting permissions can trigger this DoS by sending specially crafted attachments.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2.23.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Mattermost Mobile is installedCheck device for Mattermost Mobile app - look in app drawer, home screen, or Settings > AppsAffected if App is not installed on the device, then not affected by this specific mobile app vulnerability
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Check installed app versionOpen Mattermost Mobile app, go to Settings > About > Version, or check the app version in the device app settingsAffected if Unable to determine version - cannot confirm vulnerability status
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Compare version against affected rangeCompare the installed version number to the affected range: any version less than 2.23.0 (including 2.22.0 and prior) is vulnerableAffected if Installed version is less than 2.23.0 - the app is vulnerable to the attachment processing crash
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Confirm channel posting is enabledIn Mattermost Mobile, verify the account has channel posting permissions - check account settings or server permissionsAffected if Channel posting permissions are enabled (default state) and vulnerable version is running - the DoS condition can be triggered by any channel member with posting access
User is affected if Mattermost Mobile version less than 2.23.0 is installed and channel posting permissions are enabled on the account.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2.23.0
Upgrade Mattermost Mobile to version 2.22.1 or later. Until then, restrict channel posting permissions to trusted users only.
Mattermost Mobile 2.23.0
- Update Mattermost Mobile app to version 2.23.0 or later through the iOS App Store or Google Play Store
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-20630 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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