Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-6341

Access Control in Mattermost Server 10.13.0 – 10.13.11

Published
18 May 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0015 5th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-6341 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost Server. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 5th 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 AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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…

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group via direct API requests. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00602

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

Authorization bypass (CWE-863) in Mattermost API directly enables unauthorized actions equivalent to privilege escalation (T1068) and can be exploited against a public-facing app (T1190).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

mattermost
mattermost server
10.13.0 — 10.13.11 · 11.1.0 — 11.1.5 · 11.3.0 — 11.3.4

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-24 Access Control Decisions
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 all API requests so a user cannot create issues or comments in a locked group they are not permitted to access.

prevent

Limits group memberships and privileges to the minimum required, reducing the attack surface that allows cross-group API abuse.

prevent

Requires explicit, policy-driven access control decisions to be evaluated for every create/comment operation instead of relying on incomplete plugin checks.

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 mostly match
prevents

Defining, enforcing, and reviewing access authorizations and least privilege directly prevents incorrect 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 consistency between access rights and classification plus formal approval steps ensures that the authorization logic correctly distinguishes between entities that should and should not be granted access.

prevents

Enforcing policy-driven approval and role-change reviews stops incorrect or stale authorization decisions from remaining in effect after job changes or terminations.

prevents

By tying access rights to identity, device, location and classification, the control reduces the likelihood that an authorization decision will be based on an incorrect or bypassed policy.

References