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CVE-2026-24458 json

DoS attack via login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords

published 7mo ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6 , GO-2026-4731 , EUVD-2026-12405

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to properly handle very long passwords, which allows an attacker to overload the server CPU and memory via executing login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00587

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 8.0.0-20260129164748-7201f42d955f
  • go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server 5.3.2-0.20260129164748-7201f42d955f, 10.11.11, 10.11.11+incompatible, 11.2.3, 11.2.3+incompatible, 11.3.1, 11.3.1+incompatible
  • Mattermost Mattermost 10.11.11, 11.2.3, 11.3.1, 11.4.0
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20260326T203309-150000.1.155.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1135-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8
<8.0.0-20260129164748-7201f42d955f
8.0.0-20260129164748-7201f42d955f
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
<5.3.2-0.20260129164748-7201f42d955f
>=10.11.0-rc1, <10.11.11
>=11.2.0-rc1, <11.2.3
>=11.3.0-rc1, <11.3.1
>=10.11.0-rc1+incompatible, <10.11.11+incompatible
>=11.2.0-rc1+incompatible, <11.2.3+incompatible
>=11.3.0-rc1+incompatible, <11.3.1+incompatible
5.3.2-0.20260129164748-7201f42d955f
10.11.11
11.2.3
11.3.1
10.11.11+incompatible
11.2.3+incompatible
11.3.1+incompatible
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5
all versions
 no fix listed
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • Mattermost Mattermost

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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