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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD3.9 Low

CVE-2026-16049

_GitLab Plugin allows cross-channel post injection and phishing via missing channel permission checks in issue API endpoints_

Description

Mattermost Plugins versions <=11.8 10.20.11 11.5.7.0 _The Mattermost GitLab plugin fails to verify channel permissions when processing API requests with a caller-supplied_ {{post_id}}_, and fails to validate the_ {{web_url}} _parameter against the configured GitLab instance, which allows an authenticated attacker to inject bot-authored messages containing arbitrary URLs into channels they do not have access to via the_ {{createIssue}} _and_ {{attachCommentToIssue}} _API endpoints._ Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00673

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Mattermost Mattermost

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to ≤ 10.20.11affected
  • 0 to ≤ 11.5.7affected
  • 11.9.0unaffected
  • 10.11.21unaffected
  • 11.7.6unaffected

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