CVE-2026-6340 PUBLISHED

Memory Exhaustion via Malicious 7zip File Upload

Assigner: Mattermost
Reserved: 15.04.2026 Published: 18.05.2026 Updated: 18.05.2026

Mattermost versions 11.5.x <= 11.5.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.13, 11.4.x <= 11.4.3 fail to validate 7zip archive structure before processing which allows an authenticated attacker to cause server memory exhaustion and denial of service via uploading a specially crafted 7zip file with excessive folder declarations.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00573

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 11.5.0 to 11.5.1 (incl.) affected from 10.11.0 to 10.11.13 (incl.) affected from 11.4.0 to 11.4.3 (incl.) Version 11.6.0 is unaffected Version 11.5.2 is unaffected Version 10.11.14 is unaffected Version 11.4.4 is unaffected

Solutions

Update Mattermost to versions 11.6.0, 11.5.2, 10.11.14, 11.4.4 or higher.

Credits

Juho Forsén finder

References

MMSA-2026-00573

Problem Types

CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE