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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-4635 EUVD-2026-31431GHSA-pg7c-462j-grxvGO-2026-5820

Persistent notification timing attack causing server denial of service

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 archive the channel before removing persistent notifications which allows authenticated user to crash the server via timing the creation of persistent notification message between the server deleting existing persistent notifications and archiving the channel.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00637

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-pg7c-462j-grxv
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.5.0, < 11.5.4 11.5.4 GHSA-pg7c-462j-grxv
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.4.0, < 11.4.5 11.4.5 GHSA-pg7c-462j-grxv
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 10.11.0, < 10.11.15 10.11.15 GHSA-pg7c-462j-grxv
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-2026-5820

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