CVE-2026-12882

Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service

State: Published
Severity: 4.3 Medium
Published: Sep 14, 2026
Updated: Sep 14, 2026
Reserved: Jun 22, 2026

Description

Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.0, 11.8.x <= 11.8.4, 11.7.x <= 11.7.7, 10.11.x <= 10.11.22 fail to parse Markdown autolinks with unmatched trailing closing parentheses in linear time, which allows an authenticated user with permission to create posts to cause excessive server CPU consumption and degrade availability for other users via specially crafted post or message attachment content. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00703

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	Mattermost

Weaknesses

CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MattermostMattermost	11.9.0 through 11.9.0Affected 11.8.0 through 11.8.4Affected 11.7.0 through 11.7.7Affected 10.11.0 through 10.11.22Affected 11.10.0Not affected 11.9.1Not affected 11.8.5Not affected 11.7.8Not affected 10.11.23Not affected

References

MMSA-2026-00703vendor-advisory

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