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CVE-2026-5740 (GCVE-0-2026-5740)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 10:22 – Updated: 2026-05-22 12:14
VLAI
Title
Unauthenticated WebSocket binary frame causes denial of service in Mattermost Server
Summary
Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.0, 11.5.x <= 11.5.3, 11.4.x <= 11.4.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.14 fail to properly validate msgpack-encoded WebSocket frames before memory allocation which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the server process and cause a full service outage for all users via a crafted binary WebSocket message sent to the public WebSocket endpoint.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00647
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-22 12:14 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
References
URL Tags
https://mattermost.com/security-updates vendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mattermost Mattermost Affected: 11.6.0 , ≤ 11.6.0 (semver)
Affected: 11.5.0 , ≤ 11.5.3 (semver)
Affected: 11.4.0 , ≤ 11.4.4 (semver)
Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 11.7.0
Unaffected: 11.6.1
Unaffected: 11.5.4
Unaffected: 11.4.5
Unaffected: 10.11.15
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