Mattermost fails to sanitize sensitive data in WebSocket messages

Description

Mattermost versions 11.1.x <= 11.1.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.9, 11.2.x <= 11.2.1 fail to sanitize sensitive data in WebSocket messages which allows authenticated users to exfiltrate password hashes and MFA secrets via profile nickname updates or email verification events. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00560

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
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Published (advisory)
2026-02-16 12:30:25 UTC
Updated
2026-02-19 19:35:13 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-02-19 19:35:11 UTC
NVD published
2026-02-16

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.04% 11.48%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.7 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Affected packages (5)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 < 8.0.0-20251210191531-cd17b61de41b 8.0.0-20251210191531-cd17b61de41b
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.1.0, < 11.1.3
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 10.11.0, < 10.11.10
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >= 11.2.0, < 11.2.2
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server < 5.3.2-0.20251210191531-cd17b61de41b 5.3.2-0.20251210191531-cd17b61de41b

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence