BIT-MASTODON-2026-50129 Mastodon: Persistent anonymous DoS via unhandled NoMethodError in MATH_TRANSFORMER

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to 4.5.11, 4.4.18, and 4.3.24, a DoS can be triggered by Uncaught Exception vulerability, due to missing exception handling in the math sanitizer. Malformed nodes can result in a DoS of a whole server or targeted...

CVE-2026-50129 Mastodon: Persistent anonymous DoS via unhandled NoMethodError in MATH_TRANSFORMER

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to 4.5.11, 4.4.18, and 4.3.24, a DoS can be triggered by Uncaught Exception vulerability, due to missing exception handling in the math sanitizer. Malformed nodes can result in a DoS of a whole server or targeted...

CVE-2026-50129 Mastodon: Persistent anonymous DoS via unhandled NoMethodError in MATH_TRANSFORMER

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to 4.5.11, 4.4.18, and 4.3.24, a DoS can be triggered by Uncaught Exception vulerability, due to missing exception handling in the math sanitizer. Malformed nodes can result in a DoS of a whole server or targeted...

CVE-2026-50129

CVE-2026-50129 affects Mastodon before versions 4.5.11, 4.4.18, and 4.3.24. The issue is a DoS caused by an uncaught exception in the math sanitizer’s MATH_TRANSFORMER due to missing exception handling; malformed nodes can crash the server or disrupt services depending on the action and interact...