CVE-2026-18551: Mattermost guest account privilege escalation via member roles API
Medium · CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.22%, 13th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Mattermost
Description
Mattermost versions 11.10.x <= 11.10.0, 11.7.x <= 11.7.9, 11.9.x <= 11.9.1, 11.8.x <= 11.8.5 fail to validate the combination of guest and admin scheme roles which allows an authenticated attacker to escalate a guest account to team or channel admin via a crafted PUT request to the member roles API endpoint.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00752
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N · CWE-863
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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- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
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