CVE-2026-48028 PUBLISHED

Mastodon: Removal of integrity-protected JSON entries from signed activities

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.05.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to 4.5.10, 4.4.17, and 4.3.23, Mastodon's normalization of incoming activities signed with Linked-Data Signatures does not sufficiently protect the activities from a certain class of spoofing, allowing threat actors to remove JSON entries from valid signed activities from a third-party actor. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.10, 4.4.17, and 4.3.23.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor mastodon
Product mastodon
Versions
  • Version >= 4.5.0-beta.1, < 4.5.10 is affected
  • Version >= 4.4.0-beta.1, < 4.4.17 is affected
  • Version < 4.3.23 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-354: Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value CWE