CVE-2026-12882CWE-407

CVE-2026-12882

Medium · published September 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.0, 11.8.x <= 11.8.4, 11.7.x <= 11.7.7, 10.11.x <= 10.11.22 fail to parse Markdown autolinks with unmatched trailing closing parentheses in linear time, which allows an authenticated user with permission to create posts to cause excessive server CPU consumption and degrade availability for other users via specially crafted post or message attachment content. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00703

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00217 · 11.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-407 · Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Published
2026-09-14T15:17Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
mattermost/mattermost_server≥ 10.11.0, < 10.11.2310.11.23
mattermost/mattermost_server≥ 11.7.0, < 11.7.811.7.8
mattermost/mattermost_server≥ 11.8.0, < 11.8.511.8.5
mattermost/mattermost_server≥ 11.9.0, < 11.9.111.9.1
References (1)
https://mattermost.com/security-updates · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 SEP 04:25Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 14 SEP 10:30Z
    Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service
    cvelistv5