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GHSA-m2w9-h2mm-79qr

Mattermost doesn't require system-level permission when patching protected default system roles

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2026-6739

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.6.0, < 11.6.1 11.6.1
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.5.0, < 11.5.5 11.5.5
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 10.11.0, < 10.11.17 10.11.17
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 >= 8.0.0-20250731163400-5b955468ea1e, < 8.0.0-20260501142004-99b73d4c4acf 8.0.0-20260501142004-99b73d4c4acf

Details

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Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.1, 11.5.x <= 11.5.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.15, 10.11.x <= 10.11.16 fail to require system-level permission when patching protected default system roles, which allows authenticated users with delegated user-management permissions to escalate privileges by altering built-in role permissions via the role patch API. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00656

References

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