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CVE-2026-12882 (GCVE-0-2026-12882)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 10:30 – Updated: 2026-09-14 11:19

Title

Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service

Summary

Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.0, 11.8.x <= 11.8.4, 11.7.x <= 11.7.7, 10.11.x <= 10.11.22 fail to parse Markdown autolinks with unmatched trailing closing parentheses in linear time, which allows an authenticated user with permission to create posts to cause excessive server CPU consumption and degrade availability for other users via specially crafted post or message attachment content. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00703

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-14 11:02 UTC

CWE

CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Assigner

Mattermost mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://mattermost.com/security-updates	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Mattermost	Mattermost	Affected: 11.9.0 , ≤ 11.9.0 (semver) Affected: 11.8.0 , ≤ 11.8.4 (semver) Affected: 11.7.0 , ≤ 11.7.7 (semver) Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.22 (semver) Unaffected: 11.10.0 Unaffected: 11.9.1 Unaffected: 11.8.5 Unaffected: 11.7.8 Unaffected: 10.11.23	guessed

Credits

Adam Korczynski

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FKIE_CVE-2026-12882

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-14 11:17 - Updated: 2026-09-14 12:17

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com	https://mattermost.com/security-updates

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

JSON

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GHSA-MFV9-QX66-GXM4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-14 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-14 12:31

Details

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Show details on source website

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CVE-2026-12882 (GCVE-0-2026-12882)

FKIE_CVE-2026-12882

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