CVE-2026-6850 (GCVE-0-2026-6850)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-13 08:13 – Updated: 2026-07-13 13:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Crafted message attachment causes client-side denial of service via markdown parser regex backtracking in Mattermost
Summary
Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.2, 11.6.x <= 11.6.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.19 fail to validate the length and content of message attachment field values, which allows an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service for all users in a channel via a post containing a specially crafted payload that triggers catastrophic backtracking in the client-side markdown parser.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00658
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-13 13:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://mattermost.com/security-updates | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattermost | Mattermost |
Affected:
11.7.0 , ≤ 11.7.2
(semver)
Affected: 11.6.0 , ≤ 11.6.4 (semver) Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.19 (semver) Unaffected: 11.8.0 Unaffected: 11.7.3 Unaffected: 11.6.5 Unaffected: 10.11.20 |
guessed |
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