# CVE-2026-8823: User Manager can demote bot accounts to guest without bot-management permission

> CVE-2026-8823: User Manager can demote bot accounts to guest without bot-management permission. CVSS 3.8 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-8823
Last updated: 2026-06-26T16:39:58Z

- Published: 2026-06-22 13:41 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-26 16:39 UTC · Assigner: Mattermost
- CVSS: 3.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Low · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- EPSS: 0.32%, 24th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-863

## Description

Mattermost versions 11.7.x \<= 11.7.0, 10.11.x \<= 10.11.17 fail to validate bot targets when demoting users to guests which allows a lower-privileged administrator to degrade arbitrary bot accounts via the standard demote-user API.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00669

## 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-2026-8823)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8823)
- [https://mattermost.com/security-updates](https://mattermost.com/security-updates)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-8823 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-8823.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-8823 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:11:18.026Z