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Medium 5.3Published Jun 12, 2026

CVE-2026-6046Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.1, 11.5.x <= 11.5.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.15, 10.11.x <= 10.11.16 fail to validate that a username returned during bot registration belongs to a bot account, which allo…

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.1, 11.5.x <= 11.5.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.15, 10.11.x <= 10.11.16 fail to validate that a username returned during bot registration belongs to a bot account, which allows an unprivileged attacker to intercept private messages sent by plugins via direct message channels by pre-registering a user account with a predictable plugin bot username.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00649

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Jun 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
mattermost mattermost_server
mattermost:mattermost_server
from 10.11.0 before 10.11.17; from 11.5.0 before 11.5.5; from 11.6.0 before 11.6.2
NVD

References

  • vendor-advisory

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