🛡️ CVE-2024-41926 — mattermost

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-41926 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2024-41926 is recorded against 7 packages.

• github.com/mattermost/mattermost
• github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
• github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5
• github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6
• github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8
• mattermost
• mattermost-server

Timeline and source

Published on 1 August 2024 and last revised on 9 July 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
mattermost.com (Web)
pkg.go.dev (Web)

Other advisories for this package

github.com/mattermost/mattermost has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2025-62690 (2.0 Low, published 17 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-13352 (2.0 Low, published 17 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-13324 (published 17 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-12756 (published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-13870 (2.0 Low, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-11777 (2.0 Low, published 17 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-11776 (published 14 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2020-14457 (published 20 Aug 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-284: Improper Access Control) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29160 (2.0 Low, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-45438 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-0757 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2002-0170 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2000-1212 (published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-31231 (5.9 Medium, published 22 May 2026)
• CVE-2023-24215 (9.1 Critical, published 18 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-21291 (5.3 Medium, published 8 May 2026)

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