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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.6 High

CVE-2026-6961

CVE-2026-6961: Path traversal via unsanitized FileInfo.Name in Mattermost federation sync

Description

Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.1, 11.5.x <= 11.5.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.15, 10.11.x <= 10.11.16 Mattermost fails to sanitize FileInfo.Name received from federated peers during shared channel file sync, which allows an attacker who controls a federated server to write files to arbitrary locations within the target server's filestore via path traversal sequences in the filename field.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00661

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

  • 11.6.0 to ≤ 11.6.1affected
  • 11.5.0 to ≤ 11.5.4affected
  • 10.11.0 to ≤ 10.11.15affected
  • 10.11.0 to ≤ 10.11.16affected
  • 11.7.0unaffected
  • 11.6.2unaffected
  • 11.5.5unaffected
  • 10.11.16unaffected
  • 10.11.17unaffected

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