CVE-2026-11993 PUBLISHED

Fix authenticated members disabling file content indexing server-wide via extraction pool exhaustion

Assigner: Mattermost
Reserved: 11.06.2026 Published: 14.09.2026 Updated: 14.09.2026

Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.0, 11.8.x <= 11.8.4, 11.7.x <= 11.7.7, 10.11.x <= 10.11.22 fail to properly enforce the limit of concurrent files being processed and handled failed files, which allows a user with permission to upload files to spawn more goroutines than intended and block the indexing of other files via uploading heavy files constantly to the server.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00696

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 4.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Mattermost
Product	Mattermost
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 11.9.0 to 11.9.0 (incl.) affected from 11.8.0 to 11.8.4 (incl.) affected from 11.7.0 to 11.7.7 (incl.) affected from 10.11.0 to 10.11.22 (incl.) Version 11.10.0 is unaffected Version 11.9.1 is unaffected Version 11.8.5 is unaffected Version 11.7.8 is unaffected Version 10.11.23 is unaffected

Solutions

Update Mattermost to versions 11.10.0, 11.9.1, 11.8.5, 11.7.8, 10.11.23 or higher.

Credits

JG Heithcock finder

References

MMSA-2026-00696

Problem Types

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE