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High · 8.0 CVE-2026-6957 EUVD-2026-32523GHSA-x7w4-j7hv-94wg

Path traversal in Mattermost Legal Hold plugin via unsanitized file name from federated peer allows arbitrary file write.

Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 28, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

Description

Mattermost Plugins versions <=1.1.5 fail to sanitize filenames received from federated peers before using them to construct export destination paths, which allows an administrator of a remote federated Mattermost server to write files to arbitrary locations within the target server's filestore via a malicious filename delivered through the shared-channel attachment sync protocol. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00659

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mattermost Mattermost ≤ 1.1.5 .0

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