CVE-2021-37864lowCWE-284

CVE-2021-37864: low-severity vulnerability in Mattermost

Users can view the contents of an archived channel when access is explicitly denied by the system admin

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8Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 2.6epss 0.6%
Mattermost 6.1 and earlier fails to sufficiently validate permissions while viewing archived channels, which allows authenticated users to view contents of archived channels even when this is denied by system administrators by directly accessing the APIs.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Mattermost · Mattermost
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