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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-6850 EUVD-2026-43313GHSA-c8hv-77r5-h5f7

Crafted message attachment causes client-side denial of service via markdown parser regex backtracking in Mattermost

Published Jul 13, 2026 · Updated Jul 13, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

Description

Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.2, 11.6.x <= 11.6.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.19 fail to validate the length and content of message attachment field values, which allows an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service for all users in a channel via a post containing a specially crafted payload that triggers catastrophic backtracking in the client-side markdown parser.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00658

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mattermost Mattermost 11.7.0 – ≤ 11.7.2, 11.6.0 – ≤ 11.6.4, 10.11.0 – ≤ 10.11.19 11.8.0

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