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

Mattermost versions 9.5.x <= 9.5.3, 9.6.x <= 9.6.1 and 8.1.x <= 8.1.12 fail to enforce proper access controls which allows user to view arbitrary post contents via the /playbook add slash command

Mattermost versions 9.5.x <= 9.5.3, 9.6.x <= 9.6.1 and 8.1.x <= 8.1.12 fail to perform proper access control which allows a guest to get the metadata of a public playbook run that linked to the channel they are guest via sending an RHSRuns GraphQL query request to the server

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 9.9.x <= 9.9.1, 9.5.x <= 9.5.7, 9.10.x <= 9.10.0, 9.8.x <= 9.8.2, when shared channels are enabled, fail to redact remote users' original email addresses stored in user props when email addresses are otherwise configured not to be visible in the local server."

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

Mattermost fails to check the "Show Full Name" setting when rendering the result for the /plugins/focalboard/api/v2/users API call, allowing an attacker to learn the full name of a board owner.

When running in a High Availability configuration, Mattermost fails to sanitize some of the user_updated and post_deleted events broadcast to all users, leading to disclosure of sensitive information to some of the users with currently connected Websocket clients.

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.7. It allows a bypass of e-mail address discovery restrictions.

Mattermost fails to check the required permissions in the POST /api/v4/channels/stats/member_count API resulting in channel member counts being leaked to a user without permissions.

Mattermost versions 11.1.x <= 11.1.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.9, 11.2.x <= 11.2.1 fail to properly validate team membership when processing channel mentions which allows authenticated users to determine the existence of teams and their URL names via posting channel shortlinks and observing the channel_mentions property in the API response. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00563

Mattermost fails to properly restrict the access of files attached to posts in an archived channel, resulting in members being able to access files of archived channels even if the “Allow users to view archived channels” option is disabled.

Mattermost fails to properly authorize the requests fetching team associated AD/LDAP groups, allowing a user to fetch details of AD/LDAP groups of a team that they are not a member of. 

Mattermost version 8.1.x before 8.1.9 fails to sanitize data associated with permalinks when a plugin updates an ephemeral post, allowing an authenticated attacker who can control the ephemeral post update to access individual posts' contents in channels they are not a member of.

Mattermost versions 8.1.x before 8.1.9, 9.2.x before 9.2.5, and 9.3.0 fail to sanitize the metadata on posts containing permalinks under specific conditions, which allows an authenticated attacker to access the contents of individual posts in channels they are not a member of.

Mattermost versions 9.5.x <= 9.5.9 fail to properly filter the channel data when ElasticSearch is enabled which allows a user to get private channel names by using cmd+K/ctrl+K.

Mattermost fails to properly verify the permissions needed for viewing archived public channels,  allowing a member of one team to get details about the archived public channels of another team via the GET /api/v4/teams/<team-id>/channels/deleted endpoint.

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 10.11.x <= 10.11.4, 10.5.x <= 10.5.12 fail to validate the user permission when accessing the files and subscribing to the block in Boards, which allows an authenticated user to access other board files and was able to subscribe to the block from other boards that the user does not have access to

Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.12, 10.11.x <= 10.11.2 fail to properly validate guest user permissions when accessing channel information which allows guest users to discover active public channels and their metadata via the `/api/v4/teams/{team_id}/channels/ids` endpoint

A missing permissions check in the /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/runs API in Mattermost allows an attacker to list and view playbooks belonging to a team they are not a member of.

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 properly check permissions when retrieving a post allowing for a System Role with the permission to manage channels to read the posts of a DM conversation.

Mattermost fails to properly validate the permissions when soft deleting a team allowing a team member to soft delete other teams that they are not part of

Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2 fail to verify run_create permission for empty playbookId, which allows team members to create unauthorized runs via the playbook run API. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00542

Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to restrict plugin installation on CI test instances with default admin credentials which allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution and exfiltrate sensitive configuration data including AWS and SMTP credentials via uploading a malicious plugin after changing the import directory. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00528

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.

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.3.x <= 10.3.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to fail to enforce channel conversion restrictions, which allows members with permission to convert public channels to private ones to also convert private ones to public

Mattermost versions 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to validate user's authentication method when processing account auth type switch which allows an authenticated attacker to change account password without confirmation via falsely claiming a different auth provider.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00583

Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.11 fail to check `RestrictSystemAdmin` setting if user doesn't have access to `ExperimentalSettings` which allows a System Manager to access `ExperimentSettings` when `RestrictSystemAdmin` is true via System Console.

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

Mattermost fails to properly check the authorization of POST /api/v4/teams when passing a team override scheme ID in the request, allowing an authenticated attacker with knowledge of a Team Override Scheme ID to create a new team with said team override scheme.

Mattermost fails to verify channel membership when linking a board to a channel allowing a low-privileged authenticated user to link a Board to a private channel they don't have access to, 

Mattermost versions 9.11.x <= 9.11.8  fail to enforce proper access controls on the /api/v4/audits endpoint, allowing users with delegated granular administration roles who lack access to Compliance Monitoring to retrieve User Activity Logs.

Mattermost fails to disable public Boards after the "Enable Publicly-Shared Boards" configuration option is disabled, resulting in previously-shared public Boards to remain accessible.

Mattermost versions 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10, 11.4.x <= 11.4.0, 11.3.x <= 11.3.1 fail to restrict team-level access when processing membership sync from a remote cluster, which allows a malicious remote cluster to grant a user access to an entire private team instead of only the shared channel via sending crafted membership sync messages that trigger team membership assignment. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00574

Mattermost versions 10.7.x <= 10.7.0, 10.5.x <= 10.5.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.12 fail to properly enforce access controls for guest users accessing channel member information, allowing authenticated guest users to view metadata about members of public channels via the channel members API endpoint.

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 validate user permissions when deleting comments in Boards, which allows an authenticated user with the editor role to delete comments created by other users.

Mattermost versions 11.1.x <= 11.1.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.9, 11.2.x <= 11.2.1 and Mattermost Plugin Zoom versions <=1.11.0 fail to validate the authenticated user when processing {{/plugins/zoom/api/v1/channel-preference}}, which allows any logged-in user to change Zoom meeting restrictions for arbitrary channels via crafted API requests.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00558

Mattermost versions 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to properly validate permission requirements in the team member roles API endpoint which allows team administrators to demote members to guest role. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00531

Mattermost versions 11.5.x <= 11.5.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.13, 11.4.x <= 11.4.3 Fail to enforce slash command trigger-word uniqueness during command updates which allows an authenticated team member with Manage Own Slash Commands permission to hijack and impersonate existing system or custom slash commands via editing their own slash command trigger to an already-registered trigger through the command update API. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00597

Mattermost fails to restrict a user with permissions to edit other users and to create personal access tokens from elevating their privileges to system admin

Mattermost 6.1 and earlier fails to sufficiently validate permissions while viewing archived channels, which allows authenticated users to view contents of archived channels even when this is denied by system administrators by directly accessing the APIs.

Mattermost versions 11.5.x <= 11.5.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.13 fail to validate that the RefreshedToken differs from the original invite token during remote cluster invite confirmation which allows an authenticated attacker to bypass token rotation and reuse the original invite token via sending a crafted invite confirmation with a RefreshedToken matching the original token. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00575

Mattermost Plugins versions <=11.5 11.1.5 10.13.11 11.3.4.0 fail to have API-level checks on which groups the user can create issues or attach comments to which allows a user that is member of multiple groups to create issues to a locked group via direct API requests. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00602

Mattermost Plugins versions <=11.5 11.1.5 10.13.11 11.3.4.0 fail to appropriately check for valid namespaces which allows plugin users to create subscriptions to groups that were not whitelisted via creating groups that share the same prefix as a whitelisted group. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00601

Mattermost versions 11.5.x <= 11.5.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.13, 11.4.x <= 11.4.3 fail to validate that a remote cluster has access to a channel before processing membership removal requests during shared channel membership sync, which allows a malicious remote cluster to remove any user from any channel, including private channels, via crafted membership sync messages targeting channels the remote cluster is not authorized to access. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00576

Mattermost versions 11.5.x <= 11.5.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.13 fail to check if {{team_id}} was being changed when updating playbooks, allowing users with only {{Manage Playbook Configurations}} permission to change a playbook's team, bypassing manage members restriction via PUT api. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00552

Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17 fail to properly validate authorization for team scheme role modifications which allows Team Admins to demote Team Members to Guests via the PUT /api/v4/teams/team-id/members/user-id/schemeRoles API endpoint.