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GHSA-5777-rcjj-9p22

LOW

GHSA-5777-rcjj-9p22 is a low-severity (CVSS 3.7) CWE-284 vulnerability in mattermost-desktop. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-5777-rcjj-9p22 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Mattermost Desktop App fails to safeguard screen capture functionality

Also known asBIT-mattermost-2024-39772CVE-2024-39772
Published
Sep 16, 2024
Updated
Nov 18, 2024
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, a proxy for how much of the ecosystem is exposed.

mattermost-desktopnpm
5downloads / week

Description

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.8.0 fail to safeguard screen capture functionality which allows an attacker to silently capture high-quality screenshots via JavaScript APIs.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmmattermost-desktopall versions5.9.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for mattermost-desktop. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update mattermost-desktop to 5.9.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-5777-rcjj-9p22 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-5777-rcjj-9p22 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-5777-rcjj-9p22. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.8.0 fail to safeguard screen capture functionality which allows an attacker to silently capture high-quality screenshots via JavaScript APIs.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-5777-rcjj-9p22 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-5777-rcjj-9p22 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.