CVE-2025-9079 (GCVE-0-2025-9079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-19 19:22 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Admin RCE via prepackaged plugins by way of misconfigured imports directory
Summary
Mattermost versions 10.8.x <= 10.8.3, 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17, 10.10.x <= 10.10.1, 10.9.x <= 10.9.3 fail to validate import directory path configuration which allows admin users to execute arbitrary code via malicious plugin upload to prepackaged plugins directory
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-20 03:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattermost | Mattermost |
Affected:
10.8.0 , ≤ 10.8.3
(semver)
Affected: 10.5.0 , ≤ 10.5.8 (semver) Affected: 9.11.0 , ≤ 9.11.17 (semver) Affected: 10.10.0 , ≤ 10.10.1 (semver) Affected: 10.9.0 , ≤ 10.9.3 (semver) Unaffected: 10.11.0 Unaffected: 10.8.4 Unaffected: 10.5.9 Unaffected: 9.11.18 Unaffected: 10.10.2 Unaffected: 10.9.4 |
guessed |
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