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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-6340 EUVD-2026-30744GHSA-cjm8-jxpw-g43mGO-2026-5325

Memory Exhaustion via Malicious 7zip File Upload

Published May 18, 2026 · Updated May 18, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

Description

Mattermost versions 11.5.x <= 11.5.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.13, 11.4.x <= 11.4.3 fail to validate 7zip archive structure before processing which allows an authenticated attacker to cause server memory exhaustion and denial of service via uploading a specially crafted 7zip file with excessive folder declarations.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00573

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mattermost Mattermost 11.5.0 – ≤ 11.5.1, 10.11.0 – ≤ 10.11.13, 11.4.0 – ≤ 11.4.3 11.6.0

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 < 5.3.2-0.20260325191733-fb11968f8798 5.3.2-0.20260325191733-fb11968f8798 GHSA-cjm8-jxpw-g43m
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 10.11.0+incompatible, < 10.11.14+incompatible · >= 11.4.0+incompatible, < 11.4.4+incompatible · >= 11.5.0+incompatible, < 11.5.2+incompatible 10.11.14+incompatible, 11.4.4+incompatible, 11.5.2+incompatible GO-2026-5325
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 all versions — GO-2026-5325
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 all versions — GO-2026-5325
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 >= 11.5.0, < 11.5.2 11.5.2 GHSA-cjm8-jxpw-g43m
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 >= 10.11.0, < 10.11.14 10.11.14 GHSA-cjm8-jxpw-g43m
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 >= 11.4.0, < 11.4.4 11.4.4 GHSA-cjm8-jxpw-g43m
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 < 8.0.0-20260325191733-fb11968f8798 8.0.0-20260325191733-fb11968f8798 GHSA-cjm8-jxpw-g43m

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