CVE-2025-6226

Medium

Description

Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.6, 10.8.x <= 10.8.1, 10.7.x <= 10.7.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.16 fail to verify authorization when retrieving cached posts by PendingPostID which allows an authenticated user to read posts in private channels they don't have access to via guessing the PendingPostID of recently created posts.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMattermost Server
PublishedJul 18, 2025
First seenJul 18, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • mattermost mattermost_server9.11.17, 10.5.7, 10.7.4, 10.8.2 or later
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server10.5.7, 10.8.2, 10.7.4, 9.11.17, 9.11.17+incompatible, 10.5.7+incompatible, 10.7.4+incompatible, 10.8.2+incompatible or later
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v88.0.0-20250520130510-fa40a8c5d47f or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mattermost mattermost_server9.11.0 ≤ v < 9.11.17, 10.5.0 ≤ v < 10.5.7, 10.7.0 ≤ v < 10.7.4, 10.8.0 ≤ v < 10.8.29.11.17, 10.5.7, 10.7.4, 10.8.2
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverGo10.5.0 ≤ v < 10.5.7, 10.8.0 ≤ v < 10.8.2, 10.7.0 ≤ v < 10.7.4, 9.11.0 ≤ v < 9.11.17, 9.11.0+incompatible ≤ v < 9.11.17+incompatible, 10.5.0+incompatible ≤ v < 10.5.7+incompatible, 10.7.0+incompatible ≤ v < 10.7.4+incompatible, 10.8.0+incompatible ≤ v < 10.8.2+incompatible10.5.7, 10.8.2, 10.7.4, 9.11.17, 9.11.17+incompatible, 10.5.7+incompatible, 10.7.4+incompatible, 10.8.2+incompatible
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Gov < 8.0.0-20250520130510-fa40a8c5d47f8.0.0-20250520130510-fa40a8c5d47f
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5GoNo range specified—
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6GoNo range specified—

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