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CVE-2026-18551

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Description

Mattermost versions 11.10.x <= 11.10.0, 11.7.x <= 11.7.9, 11.9.x <= 11.9.1, 11.8.x <= 11.8.5 fail to validate the combination of guest and admin scheme roles which allows an authenticated attacker to escalate a guest account to team or channel admin via a crafted PUT request to the member roles API endpoint.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00752

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-16 07:17:12.260000
Last modified
2026-10-29 18:00:27.977000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2026-10-16T07:17:12.260",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-29T18:00:27.977",
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