CVE-2026-50128 PUBLISHED

Mastodon: Spoofing of attribution domains

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 03.06.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. From 4.3.0 until 4.5.11 and 4.4.18, Mastodon has a feature to let websites credit authors of their articles. To prevent false attribution claims, Mastodon uses the attributionDomains JSON-LD term, however, an error in how it is defined makes Linked Data Signatures on the toot:attributionDomains property ineffective. An attacker can arbitrarily modify the attributionDomains value of a legitimately signed Update activity and bypass Mastodon’s signature verification. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.11 and 4.4.18.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor mastodon
Product mastodon
Versions
  • Version >= 4.5.0-beta.1, < 4.5.11 is affected
  • Version >= 4.3.0, < 4.4.18 is affected

References

Problem Types

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