CVE-2026-5139mediumCWE-862

CVE-2026-5139: medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost

GitLab Plugin Allows Non-Admin Users to Modify Default Instance Configuration

Published

13Vexday Risk Score

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

ssvc Trackcvss 5.4epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 81% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.0, 11.6.x <= 11.6.2, 11.5.x <= 11.5.5, 10.11.x <= 10.11.17 fail to enforce administrator authorization on the {{setDefaultInstance}} call within the {{/gitlab connect}} command handler, which allows any authenticated user to overwrite the global default GitLab instance configuration via the {{/gitlab connect <instance-name>}} slash command.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00644
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected products
Mattermost · Mattermost
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References
https://mattermost.com/security-updates