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GHSA-C28Q-M4GF-VG4Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-12 18:31 – Updated: 2026-08-24 21:35

Summary

Mattermost doesn't enforce PermissionInviteUser when setting AllowOpenInvite or AllowedDomains during team creation

Details

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 enforce PermissionInviteUser when setting AllowOpenInvite or AllowedDomains during team creation (the check was only applied on update/patch), which allows an authenticated user holding PermissionCreateTeam but not PermissionInviteUser on the resulting team to configure invite-controlled team settings (make the team publicly joinable via open invite and/or constrain membership via allowed domains) that they are not permitted to set on an existing team via POST /api/v4/teams with allow_open_invite: true and/or a non-empty allowed_domains in the request body.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00655

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

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  "details": "Mattermost versions 11.6.x \u003c= 11.6.1, 11.5.x \u003c= 11.5.4, 10.11.x \u003c= 10.11.15, 10.11.x \u003c= 10.11.16 Fail to enforce PermissionInviteUser when setting AllowOpenInvite or AllowedDomains during team creation (the check was only applied on update/patch), which allows an authenticated user holding PermissionCreateTeam but not PermissionInviteUser on the resulting team to configure invite-controlled team settings (make the team publicly joinable via open invite and/or constrain membership via allowed domains) that they are not permitted to set on an existing team via POST /api/v4/teams with allow_open_invite: true and/or a non-empty allowed_domains in the request body.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00655",
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  "summary": "Mattermost doesn\u0027t enforce PermissionInviteUser when setting AllowOpenInvite or AllowedDomains during team creation"
}

CVE-2026-6689 (GCVE-0-2026-6689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-12 15:51 – Updated: 2026-06-12 17:18

Title

*Missing* {{invite_user}} *permission check on team creation allows unprivileged users to set open-invite and allowed-domains team settings*

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-12 17:18 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Mattermost mitre root

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

0x7oda7123

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CVE-2026-6689 (GCVE-0-2026-6689)

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