Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.27.1 and below allow attackers to permanently corrupt issue activity logs by submitting extremely long notes (tested with 4,788,761 characters) due to a lack of server-side validation of note length. Once such a note is added, the activity stream UI fails to render; therefore, new notes cannot be displayed, effectively breaking all future collaboration on the issue. This issue is fixed in version 2.27.2.
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Description Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.27.1 and below allow attackers to permanently corrupt issue activity logs by submitting extremely long notes (tested with 4,788,761 characters) due to a lack of server-side validation of note length. Once such a note is added, the activity stream UI fails to render; therefore, new notes cannot be displayed, effectively breaking all future collaboration on the issue. This issue is fixed in version 2.27.2.
Title MantisBT is Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via Excessive Note Length
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-11-04T00:20:28.193Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T00:20:28.193Z

Reserved: 2025-04-24T21:10:48.173Z

Link: CVE-2025-46556

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-04T01:15:33.257

Modified: 2025-11-04T15:41:31.450

Link: CVE-2025-46556

cve-icon Redhat

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