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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-12882 EUVD-2026-77363GHSA-mfv9-qx66-gxm4

Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service

Published Sep 14, 2026 · Updated Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

Description

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mattermost Mattermost 11.9.0 – ≤ 11.9.0, 11.8.0 – ≤ 11.8.4, 11.7.0 – ≤ 11.7.7, 10.11.0 – ≤ 10.11.22 11.10.0

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