CVE-2026-18795

medium

Assigned by CNA: mattermost

Published 2026-10-16 · Modified 2026-10-16

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CVSS v3

6.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.4

Description

Mattermost versions 11.10.x <= 11.10.0, 11.7.x <= 11.7.9, 11.9.x <= 11.9.1, 11.8.x <= 11.8.5 fail to enforce DM/GM check on server side which allows an authenticated user to quarantine a post belonging to DM or GM via direct API call.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00756

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

74%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://mattermost.com/security-updates

CWEs

CWE-862

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.