CVE-2026-16044: low-severity vulnerability in Mattermost
Insufficient validation of guest board admin privileges on archive import
Published
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8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 3.9epss 0.3%
Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.6, 10.11.x <= 10.11.21 fail to prevent guest users from receiving Board Admin privileges during board archive import which allows a board member to escalate a guest user to Board Admin via importing a crafted .boardarchive file. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00672
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected products
Mattermost · MattermostRelated CVEs — Mattermost
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2025-25279CRITICALArbitrary file read in Mattermost Boards via import & export board archiveEPSS 24.2%CVE-2021-37859HIGHReflected XSS in OAuth FlowEPSS 3.3%CVE-2022-3257LOWServer-side Denial of Service while processing a specifically crafted GIF fileEPSS 1.3%CVE-2022-4044MEDIUMAuthenticated user could send multiple requests containing a large Auto Responder Message payload and can crash a Mattermost serverEPSS 1.1%CVE-2022-3147LOWServer-side Denial of Service while processing a specifically crafted JPEG fileEPSS 1.1%CVE-2025-4981CRITICALPath Traversal Leading to RCE by Any Authenticated Mattermost UserEPSS 1.0%
References
https://mattermost.com/security-updates