CVE-2026-16049CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-16049

Medium · published August 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Mattermost Plugins versions <=11.8 10.20.11 11.5.7.0 _The Mattermost GitLab plugin fails to verify channel permissions when processing API requests with a caller-supplied_ {{post_id}}_, and fails to validate the_ {{web_url}} _parameter against the configured GitLab instance, which allows an authenticated attacker to inject bot-authored messages containing arbitrary URLs into channels they do not have access to via the_ {{createIssue}} _and_ {{attachCommentToIssue}} _API endpoints._ Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00673

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:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00294 · 20.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-08-17T19:16Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 14:25Z
    _GitLab Plugin allows cross-channel post injection and phishing via missing channel permission checks in issue API endpoints_
    cvelistv5