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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-3473 EUVD-2026-31429GHSA-7pf2-9c95-w332GO-2026-5817

Improper file ownership validation in the Boards API allows unauthorised file access

Published May 22, 2026 · Updated May 22, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

Description

Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.0, 11.5.x <= 11.5.3, 11.4.x <= 11.4.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.14 fail to validate file ownership and access control, which allows an authenticated user to access and download files belonging to other users or teams via crafted Boards API requests using valid file IDs.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00620

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mattermost Mattermost 11.6.0 – ≤ 11.6.0, 11.5.0 – ≤ 11.5.3, 11.4.0 – ≤ 11.4.4, 10.11.0 – ≤ 10.11.14 11.7.0

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

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.6.0, < 11.6.1 11.6.1 GHSA-7pf2-9c95-w332
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.5.0, < 11.5.4 11.5.4 GHSA-7pf2-9c95-w332
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.4.0, < 11.4.5 11.4.5 GHSA-7pf2-9c95-w332
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 10.11.0, < 10.11.15 10.11.15 GHSA-7pf2-9c95-w332
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 10.11.0+incompatible, < 10.11.15+incompatible · >= 11.4.0+incompatible, < 11.4.5+incompatible · >= 11.5.0+incompatible, < 11.5.4+incompatible · >= 11.6.0+incompatible, < 11.6.1+incompatible 10.11.15+incompatible, 11.4.5+incompatible, 11.5.4+incompatible, 11.6.1+incompatible GO-2026-5817

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