GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222
Mattermost is vulnerable to CPU exhaustion via crafted HTTP request
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | >= 10.11.0, < 10.11.9 | 10.11.9 |
| Go | github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server | >= 11.0.0, < 11.2.0 | 11.2.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Mattermost versions 10.11.x <= 10.11.8 fail to validate input size before processing hashtags which allows an authenticated attacker to exhaust CPU resources via a single HTTP request containing a post with thousands space-separated tokens.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14822
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/4d86263f5430d0eb991fc52ec886cf778cb072e6
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/b3d6c0c564c1a79e54e5105d0a8b60fc58a2bdee
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost
- https://mattermost.com/security-updates
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4325