CVE-2026-59825 (GCVE-0-2026-59825)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-18 15:07
Modified
2026-08-18 15:51
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Summary
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to 4.4.19 and from 4.5.0 until 4.5.12, Mastodon's app/models/concerns/user/ldap_authenticable.rb mutates OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::DEFAULT_PARAMS when LDAP authentication uses LDAP_TLS_NO_VERIFY=true, disabling SSL and TLS certificate verification globally for requests made by puma web processes while sidekiq background jobs remain unaffected. This issue is fixed in versions 4.4.19 and 4.5.12.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mastodon mastodon Version: < 4.4.19
Version: >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.12
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