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CVE-2025-9079: Mattermost Path Traversal vulnerability

September 19, 2025 (updated September 26, 2025)

Mattermost versions 10.8.x <= 10.8.3, 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17, 10.10.x <= 10.10.1, 10.9.x <= 10.9.3 fail to validate import directory path configuration which allows admin users to execute arbitrary code via malicious plugin upload to prepackaged plugins directory

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-qx3f-6vq3-8j8m
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/047a2c64071749367fe02d2162f6103a3d31a883
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/439464883aa16a329c23cd6274c4cca7e88e238f
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/4ff68eea0a3f3777032d31a1a82f4b1fb492a1ac
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/96665b9b98a17534fcd515982a2eb26950581e41
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/a8fa77f107efe83f09a779f8e67cbecf236b0032
  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/b38e2eccda182212a8032539658723c7d87e0b7e
  • mattermost.com/security-updates
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9079
  • pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3977

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 9.11.0 before 9.11.18, all versions starting from 10.5.0 before 10.5.9, all versions starting from 10.8.0 before 10.8.4, all versions starting from 10.9.0 before 10.9.4, all versions starting from 10.10.0 before 10.10.2

Fixed versions

  • 10.8.4
  • 10.5.9
  • 9.11.18
  • 10.10.2
  • 10.9.4

Solution

Upgrade to versions 10.10.2, 10.5.9, 10.8.4, 10.9.4, 9.11.18 or above.

Impact 8 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/CVE-2025-9079.yml

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