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FKIE_CVE-2026-6961

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-12 17:16 - Updated: 2026-06-12 17:16

Severity

7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Summary

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 Mattermost fails to sanitize FileInfo.Name received from federated peers during shared channel file sync, which allows an attacker who controls a federated server to write files to arbitrary locations within the target server's filestore via path traversal sequences in the filename field.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00661

References

	URL	Tags
	responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com	https://mattermost.com/security-updates

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-6961 (GCVE-0-2026-6961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-12 15:56 – Updated: 2026-06-13 03:56

Title

CVE-2026-6961: Path traversal via unsanitized FileInfo.Name in Mattermost federation sync

Summary

Severity

7.6 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

Mattermost

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 , ≤ 11.6.1 (semver) Affected: 11.5.0 , ≤ 11.5.4 (semver) Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.15 (semver) Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.16 (semver) Unaffected: 11.7.0 Unaffected: 11.6.2 Unaffected: 11.5.5 Unaffected: 10.11.16 Unaffected: 10.11.17

Credits

Hassan Mohammed

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Nomenclature

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-6961 (GCVE-0-2026-6961)

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