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GHSA-qh58-9v3j-wcjc Mattermost allows authenticated users to write files to arbitrary locations

CRITICAL Published 2025-06-20 Modified 2025-06-20 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-4981
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server, github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-427
Reviewed
2025-06-20

Affected packages

• Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server: < 0.0.0-20250519205859-65aec10162f6 → fixed in 0.0.0-20250519205859-65aec10162f6 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: < 8.0.0-20250519205859-65aec10162f6 → fixed in 8.0.0-20250519205859-65aec10162f6 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: >= 10.5.0, < 10.5.6 → fixed in 10.5.6 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: >= 9.11.0, < 9.11.16 → fixed in 9.11.16 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: >= 10.8.0, < 10.8.1 → fixed in 10.8.1 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: >= 10.7.0, < 10.7.3 → fixed in 10.7.3 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: >= 10.6.0, < 10.6.6 → fixed in 10.6.6

Description

Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.5, 9.11.x <= 9.11.15, 10.8.x <= 10.8.0, 10.7.x <= 10.7.2, 10.6.x <= 10.6.5 fail to sanitize filenames in the archive extractor which allows authenticated users to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem via uploading archives with path traversal sequences in filenames, potentially leading to remote code execution. The vulnerability impacts instances where file uploads and document search by content is enabled (FileSettings.EnableFileAttachments = true and FileSettings.ExtractContent = true). These configuration settings are enabled by default.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-4981 Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.5, 9.11.x <= 9.11.15, 10.8.x <= 10.8.0, 10.7.x <= 10.7.2, 10.6.x <= 10.6.5 fail to sanitize filenames in… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References