Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-41410

Access Control in Mattermost Server 10.5.0 – 10.5.11

Published
16 October 2025
Modified
21 October 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0028 20th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-41410 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost Server. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 20th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Mattermost versions 10.10.x <= 10.10.2, 10.5.x <= 10.5.10, 10.11.x <= 10.11.2 fail to validate email ownership during Slack import process which allows attackers to create verified user accounts with arbitrary email domains via malicious Slack import data to bypass email-based…

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team access restrictions

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

mattermost
mattermost server
10.5.0 — 10.5.11 · 10.10.0 — 10.10.3 · 10.11.0 — 10.11.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • IA-4 Identifier Management
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces authorization checks on email ownership claims during Slack import to block creation of accounts with arbitrary verified domains.

prevent

Requires validation of all input data (including email addresses and ownership assertions) supplied via the Slack import process.

prevent

Mandates proper management and verification of user identifiers (email addresses) before they are marked as verified or used for team access decisions.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Explicitly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing authorizations and least privilege, directly preventing missing authorization checks.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Requiring authentication and credentials before any access occurs eliminates the absence of authorization checks that would otherwise allow an unauthenticated actor to reach protected resources.

prevents

Requiring formal authorization of every access request before rights are granted ensures that checks for required permissions are performed, preventing missing authorization checks from being introduced.

prevents

Mandatory authorization checks and central records of granted rights ensure that every access attempt is preceded by an explicit decision rather than relying on missing checks.

mitigates

Segregating the approval of access rights from their implementation provides an independent check that reduces the impact of missing authorization checks in the resulting system configuration.

detects

By requiring competent outsiders to verify that every function enforces the need-to-know principle, the control lowers the likelihood that missing authorization checks persist undetected.

prevents

Defining authorization responsibilities and reviewing risk-treatment progress throughout the project lifecycle catches missing authorization checks before the system is deployed.

References