CVE-2026-18551
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CVE-2026-18551 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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
Metrics
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mattermost | Mattermost Server | >= 11.7.0, < 11.7.10 |
| Mattermost | Mattermost Server | >= 11.8.0, < 11.8.6 |
| Mattermost | Mattermost Server | >= 11.9.0, < 11.9.2 |
| Mattermost | Mattermost Server | 11.10.0 |
References
- https://mattermost.com/security-updatesVendor Advisory
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- Status
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