CVE-2026-16048

Channel member roles accept out-of-scope roles

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Aug 17, 2026
Updated: Aug 17, 2026
Reserved: Jul 17, 2026

Description

Mattermost versions 11.8.x <= 11.8.2, 11.7.x <= 11.7.6, 10.11.x <= 10.11.21 fail to restrict channel member role assignment to channel-scoped roles which allows a channel administrator to gain additional channel permissions via the channel member roles API.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00697

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	Mattermost

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MattermostMattermost	11.8.0 through 11.8.2Affected 11.7.0 through 11.7.6Affected 10.11.0 through 10.11.21Affected 11.9.0Not affected 11.8.3Not affected 11.7.7Not affected 10.11.22Not affected

References

MMSA-2026-00697vendor-advisory

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