mattermost: fail to fully validate role changes which allows an attacker authenticated as team admin to demote users to guest

Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes which allows an attacker authenticated as team admin to demote users to guest via crafted HTTP requests.

mattermost: fail to fully validate role changes leading to promote guests to team admins

Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes, which allows an attacker authenticated as a team admin to promote guests to team admins via crafted HTTP requests.

mattermost: fail to limit the number of active sessions

Mattermost versions 8.1.x before 8.1.12, 9.6.x before 9.6.1, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, 9.4.x before 9.4.5 fail to limit the number of active sessions, which allows an authenticated attacker to crash the server via repeated requests to the getSessions API after flooding the sessions table.

mattermost: fail to handle JSON parsing errors in custom status values

Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, 9.4.x before 9.4.5, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to handle JSON parsing errors in custom status values, which allows an authenticated attacker to crash other users' web clients via a malformed custom status.

Detailed error discloses full file path with dev mode off

Mattermost versions 9.6.x <= 9.6.0, 9.5.x <= 9.5.2, 9.4.x <= 9.4.4 and 8.1.x <= 8.1.11 fail to remove detailed error messages in API requests even if the developer mode is off which allows an attacker to get information about the server such as the full path were files are stored

Excessive resource consumption due to lack to request path size limits

Mattermost versions 8.1.x <= 8.1.10, 9.6.x <= 9.6.0, 9.5.x <= 9.5.2 and 8.1.x <= 8.1.11 fail to limit the size of a request path that includes user inputs which allows an attacker to cause excessive resource consumption, possibly leading to a DoS via sending large request paths

Existing server guests invited to the team by members without "invite_guest" permission

Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission when inviting guests of other teams to a team, allowing a member with permissions to add other members but not to add guests to add a guest to a team as long as the guest was already a guest in another team of the server

Files of archived channels accessible with the “Allow users to view archived channels” option disabled

Mattermost fails to properly restrict the access of files attached to posts in an archived channel, resulting in members being able to access files of archived channels even if the “Allow users to view archived channels” option is disabled.

Public channel post content accessible without membership when compliance export is enabled

Mattermost fails to check if compliance export is enabled when fetching posts of public channels allowing a user that is not a member of the public channel to fetch the posts, which will not be audited in the compliance export. 

Mattermost version 8.1.x before 8.1.9 fails to sanitize data associated with permalinks when a plugin updates an ephemeral post, allowing an authenticated attacker who can control the ephemeral post update to access individual posts' contents in channels they are not a member of.

Unauthorized Command Execution in Archived Channels

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.3.x <= 10.3.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to restrict command execution in archived channels, which allows authenticated users to run commands in archived channels.

Auto-Enrollment of Team Admins into Private Channels without explicit consent

Mattermost versions 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to prompt for explicit approval before adding a team admin to a private channel, which team admins to joining private channels via crafted permalink links without explicit consent from them.

Unauthorized Private-to-Public Channel Conversion

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.3.x <= 10.3.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to fail to enforce channel conversion restrictions, which allows members with permission to convert public channels to private ones to also convert private ones to public

MFA Enforcement Bypass in Search APIs

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.3.x <= 10.3.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to enforce MFA on certain search APIs, which allows authenticated attackers to bypass MFA protections via user search, channel search, or team search queries.

Unauthorized Bookmark Creation and Modification in Archived Channels

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.3.x <= 10.3.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.8, 10.5.x <= 10.5.0 fail to restrict bookmark creation and updates in archived channels, which allows authenticated users created or update bookmarked in archived channels

Bypassing MFA Enforcement on Plugin Endpoints

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.3.x <= 10.3.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.8, 10.5.x <= 10.5.0 fail to enforce MFA on plugin endpoints, which allows authenticated attackers to bypass MFA protections via API requests to plugin-specific routes.

Lack Of Secure Keyboard Entry Protection in MacOS Desktop

Mattermost Desktop for MacOS fails to utilize the secure keyboard input functionality provided by macOS, allowing for other processes to read the keyboard input.

Users maintain access to active call after being removed from a channel

Improper Access Control in Mattermost Server versions 8.1.x before 8.1.11 allows an attacker that is in a channel with an active call to keep participating in the call even if they are removed from the channel

Denial of Service for mobile app users due to automatic code highlighting

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Mattermost Mobile versions before 2.13.0 fails to limit the size of the code block that will be processed by the syntax highlighter, allowing an attacker to send a very large code block and crash the mobile app.

Mattermost Mobile app versions 2.13.0 and earlier use a regular expression with polynomial complexity to parse certain deeplinks, which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to freeze or crash the app via a long maliciously crafted link.