Guest user can upload files without permission across teams
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.37% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go) 10.11.11, 10.11.11+incompatible, 11.2.3; github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) 8.0.0-20260107144005-c7f6efdfb035.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go) 10.11.11, 10.11.11+incompatible, 11.2.3; github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) 8.0.0-20260107144005-c7f6efdfb035 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to validate team-specific upload_file permissions which allows a guest user to post files in channels where they lack upload_file permission via uploading files in a team where they have permission and reusing the file metadata in a POST request to a different team. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00553
- Published
- Mar 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 30th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
Report tools
Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 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
- 4.3
- 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.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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What does it mean in your environment?
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| 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 server10.11.0 and later · before 10.11.11
- mattermost mattermost server11.2.0 and later · before 11.2.3
- mattermost mattermost server11.3.0 and later · before 11.3.1
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
- 11.4.0, 11.3.1, 11.2.3, 10.11.11not affected
- 11.3.0 and later · up to and including 11.3.0affected · semver
- 11.2.0 and later · up to and including 11.2.2affected · semver
- 10.11.0 and later · up to and including 10.11.10affected · 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 10.11.0-rc1 · before 10.11.11 | 10.11.11 |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | from 10.11.0-rc1+incompatible · before 10.11.11+incompatible | 10.11.11+incompatible |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | from 11.2.0-rc1 · before 11.2.3 | 11.2.3 |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | from 11.2.0-rc1+incompatible · before 11.2.3+incompatible | 11.2.3+incompatible |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | from 11.3.0-rc1 · before 11.3.1 | 11.3.1 |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | from 11.3.0-rc1+incompatible · before 11.3.1+incompatible | 11.3.1+incompatible |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | before 5.3.2-0.20260107144005-c7f6efdfb035 | 5.3.2-0.20260107144005-c7f6efdfb035 |
| 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 | before 8.0.0-20260107144005-c7f6efdfb035 | 8.0.0-20260107144005-c7f6efdfb035 |
Same product
mattermost: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- 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 | 10.11.11 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | 10.11.11+incompatible | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | 11.2.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | 11.2.3+incompatible | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | 11.3.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | 11.3.1+incompatible | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | 5.3.2-0.20260107144005-c7f6efdfb035 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 | 8.0.0-20260107144005-c7f6efdfb035 | 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
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
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
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
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.
- 0x7oda7123finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-738788 days apartMattermost group syncable endpoints allow privilege escalation via scheme_admin35Monitor
- CVE-2025-25274360 days apartUnauthorized Command Execution in Archived Channels35Monitor
- CVE-2026-9816154 days apartInsufficient server-side validation of board member role fields permits privilege escalation33Monitor
- CVE-2026-673988 days apartMattermost: Delegated admins could patch protected default system roles28Monitor
- CVE-2026-24620 days apartAdmin RCE via Malicious Plugin Upload on CI Test Instances26Monitor
- CVE-2026-10106119 days apartUnauthorized users can trigger interactive post actions in private channels via action cookie channel mismatch in Mattermost26Monitor
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.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.