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CVE-2026-9859
Mattermost Boards plugin didn’t enforce role-based authorization on board channel link allowing board editors to expose boards to arbitrary channels
Medium6.5EPSS 0.34%
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- Mattermost
Description
Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.6, 10.11.x <= 10.11.21, 11.8.x <= 11.8.3 fail to enforce PermissionManageBoardRoles on the channelId field of the batch endpoint, which allows an authenticated board editor to relink any board they can edit to an arbitrary channel via a crafted PATCH request. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00686
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| MattermostCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 11.7.0 – ≤ 11.7.6
- affected 10.11.0 – ≤ 10.11.21
- affected 11.8.0 – ≤ 11.8.3
- unaffected 11.9.0
- unaffected 11.7.7
- unaffected 10.11.22
- unaffected 11.8.4
What to do
Solution: Update Mattermost to versions 11.9.0, 11.7.7, 10.11.22, 11.8.4 or higher.
References (1)
- MMSA-2026-00686 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
Sources
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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