CVE 8 HIGH

Path traversal in Mattermost Legal Hold plugin via unsanitized file name from federated peer allows arbitrary file write._CVE-2026-6957

8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Mattermost Plugins versions <=1.1.5 fail to sanitize filenames received from federated peers before using them to construct export destination paths, which allows an administrator of a remote federated Mattermost server to write files to arbitrary locations within the target server's filestore via a malicious filename delivered through the shared-channel attachment sync protocol. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00659

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-6957
Source Mattermost
Published May 27, 2026 at 14:23

Affected Product

Vendor Mattermost
Product Mattermost
Affected Versions Mattermost Mattermost 0

CWE Classification

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