# CVE-2025-27538: MFA Enforcement Bypass Allows Unauthorized Removal of MFA for Other Users

> CVE-2025-27538: MFA Enforcement Bypass Allows Unauthorized Removal of MFA for Other Users. CVSS 2.2 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-27538
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:03:46Z

- Published: 2025-04-16 07:45 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:03 UTC · Assigner: Mattermost
- CVSS: 2.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Low · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS: 0.24%, 15th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-306

## Description

Mattermost versions 10.5.x \<= 10.5.1, 9.11.x \<= 9.11.9 fail to enforce MFA checks in PUT /api/v4/users/user-id/mfa when the requesting user differs from the target user ID, which allows users with edit\_other\_users permission to activate or deactivate MFA for other users, even if those users have not set up MFA.

## Affected vendors and products

- Mattermost: Mattermost

## Tracked companies

- [Mattermost](https://rewindex.com/company/mattermost.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27538)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27538)
- [https://mattermost.com/security-updates](https://mattermost.com/security-updates)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-27538 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-27538.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-27538 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:13:33.607Z