CVE-2026-4265
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Improper Permission Validation in Mattermost Enables Unauthorized File Uploads
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-4265, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-03-16
Last updated on: 2026-03-18
Assigner: Mattermost, Inc.
Description
Description
Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to validate team-specific upload_file permissions which allows a guest user to post files in channels where they lack upload_file permission via uploading files in a team where they have permission and reusing the file metadata in a POST request to a different team. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00553
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Meta Information
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) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-863 | The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. |
