CVE-2026-6046: Plugin bot username conflict allows user account to be used as bot identity in Mattermost Server
Medium · CVSS 5.3 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.19%, 9th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Mattermost
Description
Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.1, 11.5.x <= 11.5.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.15, 10.11.x <= 10.11.16 fail to validate that a username returned during bot registration belongs to a bot account, which allows an unprivileged attacker to intercept private messages sent by plugins via direct message channels by pre-registering a user account with a predictable plugin bot username.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00649
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N · CWE-200
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
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