CVE-2026-6689CWE-862

*Missing* {{invite_user}} *permission check on team creation allows unprivileged users to set open-invite and allowed-domains team settings*

Medium · published June 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.1, 11.5.x <= 11.5.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.15, 10.11.x <= 10.11.16 Fail to enforce PermissionInviteUser when setting AllowOpenInvite or AllowedDomains during team creation (the check was only applied on update/patch), which allows an authenticated user holding PermissionCreateTeam but not PermissionInviteUser on the resulting team to configure invite-controlled team settings (make the team publicly joinable via open invite and/or constrain membership via allowed domains) that they are not permitted to set on an existing team via POST /api/v4/teams with allow_open_invite: true and/or a non-empty allowed_domains in the request body.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00655

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:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00254 · 16.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-06-12T15:51Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUN 15:51Z
    *Missing* {{invite_user}} *permission check on team creation allows unprivileged users to set open-invite and allowed-domains team settings*
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