CVE-2026-6961: Mattermost doesn't sanitize FileInfo.Name received from federated peers during shared channel file sync
(updated )
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 sanitize FileInfo.Name received from federated peers during shared channel file sync, which allows an attacker who controls a federated server to write files to arbitrary locations within the target server’s filestore via path traversal sequences in the filename field. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00661
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qq9-cqj8-82w4
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/61d68d2d6ee81a5919597d91c736c502d7156859
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/a0056ed68d95f64d7c4586985e7b7f16b96b3bec
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/a9f3868e1eee9ec61855cd7277f39937385efffd
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/c021eeaff8f003034ab40f82c552cc26a710a8fd
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/c896a63dc44c2f9c081a0a15bfddc4e6eb50e753
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/36223
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/36251
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/36252
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/36253
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/36255
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v10.11.16
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.5.5
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.6.2
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.7.0
- mattermost.com/security-updates
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6961
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