Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
High · 7.5 CVE-2026-5740 EUVD-2026-31426GHSA-w9m8-p4cc-4qj9GO-2026-5838

Unauthenticated WebSocket binary frame causes denial of service in Mattermost Server

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 properly validate msgpack-encoded WebSocket frames before memory allocation which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the server process and cause a full service outage for all users via a crafted binary WebSocket message sent to the public WebSocket endpoint.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00647

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-w9m8-p4cc-4qj9
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.5.0, < 11.5.4 11.5.4 GHSA-w9m8-p4cc-4qj9
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.4.0, < 11.4.5 11.4.5 GHSA-w9m8-p4cc-4qj9
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 10.11.0, < 10.11.15 10.11.15 GHSA-w9m8-p4cc-4qj9
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-2026-5838
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 all versions — GO-2026-5838
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 all versions — GO-2026-5838
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 < 8.0.0-20260410202636-17939826efa2 8.0.0-20260410202636-17939826efa2 GHSA-w9m8-p4cc-4qj9

Advisories 2

References