CVE-2026-4265: Mattermost fails to validate team-specific upload_file permissions

March 16, 2026 (updated March 18, 2026)

Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to validate team-specific upload_file permissions which allows a guest user to post files in channels where they lack upload_file permission via uploading files in a team where they have permission and reusing the file metadata in a POST request to a different team. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00553

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-xpvf-6qcc-9jqc
github.com/mattermost/mattermost
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/c7f6efdfb035490f494b3177996ee5f4b278c988
mattermost.com/security-updates
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4265

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