CVE-2026-12882Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service
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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 parse Markdown autolinks with unmatched trailing closing parentheses in linear time, which allows an authenticated user with permission to create posts to cause excessive server CPU consumption and degrade availability for other users via specially crafted post or message attachment content. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00703
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-407
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Mattermost
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Mattermost Mattermost mattermost:mattermost (from the name) | from 11.9.0 through 11.9.0; from 11.8.0 through 11.8.4; from 11.7.0 through 11.7.7; from 10.11.0 through 10.11.22; 11.10.0 not affected; 11.9.1 not affected; 11.8.5 not affected; 11.7.8 not affected; and 1 more ranges | CNA record |
mattermost mattermost_server mattermost:mattermost_server | from 10.11.0 before 10.11.23; from 11.7.0 before 11.7.8; from 11.8.0 before 11.8.5; from 11.9.0 before 11.9.1 | NVD |
References
- https://mattermost.com/security-updatesvendor-advisory
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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