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GHSA-PG7C-462J-GRXV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-26 13:30 – Updated: 2026-06-26 22:48

Summary

Mattermost doesn't archive the channel before removing persistent notifications

Details

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 archive the channel before removing persistent notifications which allows authenticated user to crash the server via timing the creation of persistent notification message between the server deleting existing persistent notifications and archiving the channel. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00637.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-4635 (GCVE-0-2026-4635)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 10:28 – Updated: 2026-05-22 12:06

Title

Persistent notification timing attack causing server denial of service

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-22 12:06 UTC

CWE

CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Assigner

Mattermost CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 123 records in the last 180 days details

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

Credits

daw10

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