CVE-2026-5740 (GCVE-0-2026-5740)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 10:22 – Updated: 2026-05-22 12:14
VLAI
Title
Unauthenticated WebSocket binary frame causes denial of service in Mattermost Server
Summary
Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.0, 11.5.x <= 11.5.3, 11.4.x <= 11.4.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.14 fail to properly validate msgpack-encoded WebSocket frames before memory allocation which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the server process and cause a full service outage for all users via a crafted binary WebSocket message sent to the public WebSocket endpoint.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00647
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://mattermost.com/security-updates | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattermost | Mattermost |
Affected:
11.6.0 , ≤ 11.6.0
(semver)
Affected: 11.5.0 , ≤ 11.5.3 (semver) Affected: 11.4.0 , ≤ 11.4.4 (semver) Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.14 (semver) Unaffected: 11.7.0 Unaffected: 11.6.1 Unaffected: 11.5.4 Unaffected: 11.4.5 Unaffected: 10.11.15 |
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