4.3Medium
CVE-2026-14259
Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.0, 11.8.x <= 11.8.4, 11.7.x <= 11.7.7, 10.11.x <= 10.11.22 fail to enforce board creation permissions when importing archive files which allows an authenticated non-guest team member to create Open or Private boards despite administrator restrictions via importing a crafted .boardarchive file. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00712
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 4.3 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Assigned by
- responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- Last modified
- 2026-09-16
- Sources
- NVD