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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-24692 EUVD-2026-12443GHSA-cwfj-642j-gfh4GO-2026-4745

Guest users can bypass read permissions via search API

Published Mar 16, 2026 · Updated Mar 16, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

Description

Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to properly enforce read permissions in search API endpoints which allows guest users without read permissions to access posts and files in channels via search API requests. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00554

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mattermost Mattermost 11.3.0 – ≤ 11.3.0, 11.2.0 – ≤ 11.2.2, 10.11.0 – ≤ 10.11.10 11.4.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260326T203309-150000.1.155.2 SUSE-SU-2026:1135-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server < 5.3.2-0.20260107142155-0481bd1fb045 5.3.2-0.20260107142155-0481bd1fb045 GHSA-cwfj-642j-gfh4
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 10.11.0-rc1, < 10.11.11 10.11.11 GHSA-cwfj-642j-gfh4
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.2.0-rc1, < 11.2.3 11.2.3 GHSA-cwfj-642j-gfh4
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.3.0-rc1, < 11.3.1 11.3.1 GHSA-cwfj-642j-gfh4
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 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 10.11.11+incompatible, 11.2.3+incompatible, 11.3.1+incompatible GO-2026-4745
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 all versions — GO-2026-4745
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 all versions — GO-2026-4745
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 < 8.0.0-20260107142155-0481bd1fb045 8.0.0-20260107142155-0481bd1fb045 GHSA-cwfj-642j-gfh4

Advisories 3

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