CVE-2026-12882: Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service
Medium · CVSS 4.3 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.37%, 30th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Mattermost
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
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L · CWE-407
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Mattermost: Mattermost
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- mattermost.com/security-updates (opens in new tab)
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- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)