CVE-2026-18551 json
Mattermost guest account privilege escalation via member roles API
published 24d ago modified 11d ago also EUVD-2026-102806
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Mattermost versions 11.10.x <= 11.10.0, 11.7.x <= 11.7.9, 11.9.x <= 11.9.1, 11.8.x <= 11.8.5 fail to validate the combination of guest and admin scheme roles which allows an authenticated attacker to escalate a guest account to team or channel admin via a crafted PUT request to the member roles API endpoint.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00752
Patch / fix
- Mattermost Mattermost 11.7.10, 11.8.6, 11.9.2, 11.10.1, 11.11.0
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 23d ago
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- Mattermost Mattermost
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
References
-
mattermost.com
/security-updates
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-18551
- NVD CVE-2026-18551
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