Mattermost fails to sanitize post metadata during audit logging resulting in permalinks contents being logged

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Mobile Apps before 1.26.0. Local logging is not blocked for sensitive information (e.g., server addresses or message content).

Mattermost fails to redact from audit logs the user password during user creation and the user password hash in other operations if the experimental audit logging configuration was enabled (ExperimentalAuditSettings section in config).

Mattermost 6.0.2 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize user's password in audit logs when user creation fails.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.2.0. The initial_load API disclosed unnecessary personal information.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. Weak hashing was used for e-mail invitations, OAuth, and e-mail verification tokens.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.9.0 when SAML is used. Encryption and signature verification are not mandatory.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.18.0. It has weak permissions for server-local file storage.

Mattermost fails to properly validate the requesting user permissions when updating a system admin, allowing a user manager to update a system admin's details such as email, first name and last name.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.19.0. Attackers can discover private channels via the "get channel by name" API, aka MMSA-2020-0004.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Mobile Apps before 1.30.0. Authorization tokens can sometimes be disclosed to third-party servers, aka MMSA-2020-0018.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Mobile Apps before 1.29.0. The iOS app allowed Single Sign-On cookies and Local Storage to remain after a logout, aka MMSA-2020-0013.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Mobile Apps before 1.31.2 on iOS. Unintended third-party servers could sometimes obtain authorization tokens, aka MMSA-2020-0022.

Mattermost fails to delete card attachments in Boards, allowing an attacker to access deleted attachments.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.18.0, 5.17.2, 5.16.4, 5.15.4, and 5.9.7. There are weak permissions for configuration files.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.16.1, 5.15.2, 5.14.5, and 5.9.6. It allows attackers to obtain sensitive information (local files) during legacy attachment migration.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.15.0. Login access control can be bypassed via crafted input.

Mattermost versions <11 fail to enforce multi-factor authentication on WebSocket connections which allows unauthenticated users to access sensitive information via WebSocket events

Mattermost Boards plugin v0.10.0 and earlier fails to invalidate a session on the server-side when a user logged out of Boards, which allows an attacker to reuse old session token for authorization.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.9.0, 5.8.1, 5.7.3, and 4.10.8. It allows attackers to obtain sensitive information during a role change.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.8.0. It does not always generate a robots.txt file.

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.1, 9.11.x <= 9.11.7, 10.3.x <= 10.3.2, 10.2.x <= 10.2.2 fail to properly validate board blocks when importing boards which allows an attacker could read any arbitrary file on the system via importing and exporting a specially crafted import archive in Boards.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.4.0. It mishandles possession of superfluous authentication credentials.

Mattermost Mobile Apps versions <=2.25.0  fail to terminate sessions during logout under certain conditions (e.g. poor connectivity), allowing unauthorized users on shared devices to access sensitive notification content via continued mobile notifications

Mattermost versions 11.0.x <= 11.0.2, 10.12.x <= 10.12.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.4, 10.5.x <= 10.5.12 fail to sanitize team email addresses to be visible only to Team Admins, which allows any authenticated user to view team email addresses via the GET /api/v4/channels/{channel_id}/common_teams endpoint

Mattermost Desktop App versions <6.0.0 fail to sanitize sensitive information from Mattermost logs and clear data on server deletion which allows an attacker with access to the users system to gain access to potentially sensitive information via reading the application logs.

Mattermost versions 11.1.x <= 11.1.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.9, 11.2.x <= 11.2.1 fail to sanitize sensitive data in WebSocket messages which allows authenticated users to exfiltrate password hashes and MFA secrets via profile nickname updates or email verification events. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00560

Mattermost versions 10.11.x <= 10.11.3, 10.5.x <= 10.5.11, 10.12.x <= 10.12.0 fail to sanitize user data which allows system administrators to access password hashes and MFA secrets via the POST /api/v4/users/{user_id}/email/verify/member endpoint

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.8.1, 4.7.4, and 4.6.3. WebSocket events were accidentally sent during certain user-management operations, violating user privacy.

Unrestricted information disclosure of all users in Mattermost version 6.7.0 and earlier allows team members to access some sensitive information by directly accessing the APIs.

The Guest account feature in Mattermost version 6.7.0 and earlier fails to properly restrict the permissions, which allows a guest user to fetch a list of all public channels in the team, in spite of not being part of those channels.

Mattermost fails to check the Show Full Name option at the /api/v4/teams/TEAM_ID/top/team_members endpoint allowing a member to get the full name of another user even if the Show Full Name option was disabled

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.1.0, 4.0.4, and 3.10.3. It allows attackers to discover team invite IDs via team API endpoints.

Mattermost 6.3.0 and earlier fails to protect email addresses of the creator of the team via one of the APIs, which allows authenticated team members to access this information resulting in sensitive & private information disclosure.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.1.0, 4.0.4, and 3.10.3. It allows attackers to discover a team invite ID by requesting a JSON document.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.2.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.5. It allows attackers to obtain sensitive information (user statuses) via a REST API version 4 endpoint.

Mattermost versions 10.0.x <= 10.0.0 and 9.11.x <= 9.11.2 fail to properly query ElasticSearch when searching for the channel name in channel switcher which allows an attacker to get private channels names of channels that they are not a member of, when Elasticsearch v8 was enabled.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2. It discloses the team creator's e-mail address to members.

Mattermost Plugins versions <=2.0.3.0 fail to properly mask sensitive configuration values which allows an attacker with access to support packets to obtain original plugin settings via exported configuration data. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00606

Mattermost fails to scope the WebSocket response around notified users to a each user separately resulting in the WebSocket broadcasting the information about who was notified about a post to everyone else in the channel.

Mattermost fails to perform authorization checks in the /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/runs/add-to-timeline-dialog endpoint of the Playbooks plugin allowing an attacker to get limited information about a post if they know the post ID

Mattermost fails to properly validate the "Show Full Name" option in a few endpoints in Mattermost Boards, allowing a member to get the full name of another user even if the Show Full Name option was disabled. 

Mattermost fails to check whether the  “Allow users to view archived channels”  setting is enabled during permalink previews display, allowing members to view permalink previews of archived channels even if the “Allow users to view archived channels” setting is disabled. 

Mattermost versions 9.5.x <= 9.5.3, 9.7.x <= 9.7.1 and 8.1.x <= 8.1.12 fail to perform a proper authorization check in the /api/v4/groups/<group-id>/channels/<channel-id>/link endpoint which allows a user to learn the members of an AD/LDAP group that is linked to a team by adding the group to a channel, even if the user has no access to the team.

Mattermost versions 9.6.x <= 9.6.0, 9.5.x <= 9.5.2, 9.4.x <= 9.4.4 and 8.1.x <= 8.1.11 fail to remove detailed error messages in API requests even if the developer mode is off which allows an attacker to get information about the server such as the full path were files are stored

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.0.0. It allows attackers to obtain sensitive information about team URLs via an API.

Mattermost fails to honor the ShowEmailAddress setting when constructing a response to the "Regenerate Invite Id" API endpoint, allowing an attacker with team admin privileges to learn the team owner's email address in the response.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 2.2.0. It allows unintended access to information stored by a web browser.

Mattermost fails to honor the ShowEmailAddress setting when constructing a response to the /api/v4/users/me/teams API endpoint, allowing an attacker with team admin privileges to learn the team owner's email address in the response.

Mattermost fails to sanitize ephemeral error messages, allowing an attacker to obtain arbitrary message contents by a specially crafted /groupmsg command.