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CVE-2026-24458

Mattermost fails to properly handle very long passwords

Impact

Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to properly handle very long passwords, which allows an attacker to overload the server CPU and memory via executing login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00587

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8< 8.0.0-20260129164748-7201f42d955f8.0.0-20260129164748-7201f42d955f
gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost-server< 5.3.2-0.20260129164748-7201f42d955f5.3.2-0.20260129164748-7201f42d955f

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MattermostMattermost Server
from 10.11.0 before 10.11.11
from 11.2.0 before 11.2.3
from 11.3.0 before 11.3.1

Weakness classification

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