CVE-2026-24458
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.06%Mattermost fails to properly handle very long passwords
Published: 3/16/2026Modified: 3/23/2026
Description
Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to properly handle very long passwords, which allows an attacker to overload the server CPU and memory via executing login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00587
Affected packages (6)
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverfrom 0, < 5.3.2-0.20260129164748-7201f42d955f
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server>= 10.11.0-rc1+incompatible, < 10.11.11+incompatible, >= 11.2.0-rc1+incompatible, < 11.2.3+incompatible, >= 11.3.0-rc1+incompatible, < 11.3.1+incompatible
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5from 0
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6from 0
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8from 0, < 8.0.0-20260129164748-7201f42d955f
- Go/github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8from 0, < 8.0.0-20260129164748-7201f42d955f
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |