# CVE-2025-8023: Path Traversal in Template Upload Allows Uploading Files Outside Target Directory

> CVE-2025-8023: Path Traversal in Template Upload Allows Uploading Files Outside Target Directory. CVSS 6.8 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-8023
Last updated: 2026-06-17T10:06:09Z

- Published: 2025-08-21 07:51 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 10:06 UTC · Assigner: Mattermost
- CVSS: 6.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.41%, 35th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-22

## Description

Mattermost versions 10.8.x \<= 10.8.3, 10.5.x \<= 10.5.8, 9.11.x \<= 9.11.17, 10.9.x \<= 10.9.2 fails to sanitize path traversal sequences in template file destination paths, which allows a system admin to perform path traversal attacks via malicious path components, potentially enabling malicious file placement outside intended directories.

## 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-2025-8023)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8023)
- [https://mattermost.com/security-updates](https://mattermost.com/security-updates)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-8023 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-8023.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-8023 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:46.403Z