Unauthorized Access to User Activity Logs API by delegated granular administration roles
Mattermost versions 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to enforce proper access controls on the /api/v4/audits endpoint, allowing users with delegated granular administration roles who lack access to Compliance Monitoring to retrieve User Activity Logs.
Noroxi analysis
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- Apr 10, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 19th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
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Report tools
Action score
10
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 10 / 40 · 2.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Mattermost
- 2.7
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mattermost | mattermost server | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mattermost mattermost server9.11.0 and later · before 9.11.9
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Mattermost). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Mattermost Mattermost
- 10.5.0, 9.11.9not affected
- 9.11.0 and later · up to and including 9.11.8affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | from 9.11.0+incompatible · before 9.11.9+incompatible | 9.11.9+incompatible |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 | all versions | — |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 | all versions | — |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 | from 9.11.0 · before 9.11.9 | 9.11.9 |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 | before 8.0.0-20250204211032-f52e08754c49 | 8.0.0-20250204211032-f52e08754c49 |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 | all versions | — |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | before 0.0.20250422T181640-1.1 | 0.0.20250422T181640-1.1 |
Same product
mattermost: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-4858Path traversal in integration action URL leading to arbitrary API execution via system admin’s auth token.39Monitor
- CVE-2025-12421Account Takeover via Code Exchange Endpoint39Monitor
- CVE-2025-12419Account takeover on OAuth/OpenID-enabled servers39Monitor
- CVE-2025-4981Path Traversal Leading to RCE by Any Authenticated Mattermost User39Monitor
- CVE-2023-6458Client side path traversal due to lack of route parameters validation39Monitor
- CVE-2017-18920An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.6.2.39Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | 9.11.9+incompatible | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 | 8.0.0-20250204211032-f52e08754c49 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 | 9.11.9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250422T181640-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- BasilJawanfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-2527420 days apartUnauthorized Command Execution in Archived Channels35Monitor
- CVE-2026-7387428 days apartMattermost group syncable endpoints allow privilege escalation via scheme_admin35Monitor
- CVE-2026-9816494 days apartInsufficient server-side validation of board member role fields permits privilege escalation33Monitor
- CVE-2026-6739428 days apartMattermost: Delegated admins could patch protected default system roles28Monitor
- CVE-2025-3017920 days apartMFA Enforcement Bypass in Search APIs26Monitor
- CVE-2026-2462340 days apartAdmin RCE via Malicious Plugin Upload on CI Test Instances26Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.