CVE-2026-8683: Overly long URLs crash the Mattermost Desktop App
Medium · CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.20%, 10th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Mattermost
Description
Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.1 5.5.13.0 fail to account for attempting to open extremely long URLs in the Mattermost Desktop App which allows a malicious server owner to crash the application via including a script to call window.open on a very large URL. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00652
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · CWE-770
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)