CVE 5.3 MEDIUM

Plugin bot username conflict allows user account to be used as bot identity in Mattermost Server_CVE-2026-6046

5.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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 validate that a username returned during bot registration belongs to a bot account, which allows an unprivileged attacker to intercept private messages sent by plugins via direct message channels by pre-registering a user account with a predictable plugin bot username.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00649

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-6046
Source Mattermost
Published Jun 12, 2026 at 15:52

Affected Product

Vendor Mattermost
Product Mattermost
Version 11.6.0
Affected Versions Mattermost Mattermost 11.6.0
Mattermost Mattermost 11.5.0
Mattermost Mattermost 10.11.0
Mattermost Mattermost 10.11.0

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