CVE-2026-24458
Denial of Service via Long Passwords in Mattermost Login
Publication date: 2026-03-16
Last updated on: 2026-03-18
Assigner: Mattermost, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| mattermost | mattermost_server | From 10.11.0 (inc) to 10.11.11 (exc) |
| mattermost | mattermost_server | From 11.2.0 (inc) to 11.2.3 (exc) |
| mattermost | mattermost_server | From 11.3.0 (inc) to 11.3.1 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-770 | The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability affects certain versions of Mattermost (11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10) where the software fails to properly handle very long passwords during login attempts.
An attacker can exploit this by submitting login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords, which causes the server to overload its CPU and memory resources.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to a denial of service condition by exhausting server CPU and memory resources.
This means legitimate users may experience degraded performance or inability to access the Mattermost service while the server is overloaded.
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