CVE-2026-12882 PUBLISHED

Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service

Assigner: Mattermost
Reserved: 22.06.2026 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 parse Markdown autolinks with unmatched trailing closing parentheses in linear time, which allows an authenticated user with permission to create posts to cause excessive server CPU consumption and degrade availability for other users via specially crafted post or message attachment content. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00703

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

Adam Korczynski finder

References

MMSA-2026-00703

Problem Types

CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity CWE