SCA: security update for github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (GHSA-j5jw-m2ph-3jjf)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434700

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.1, 9.11.x <= 9.11.9 fail to enforce MFA checks in PUT
/api/v4/users/user-id/mfa when the requesting user differs from the target user ID, which allows users
with edit_other_users permission to activate or deactivate MFA for other users, even if those users have
not set up MFA. (CVE-2025-27538)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j5jw-m2ph-3jjf

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 434700

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27538

cwe: CWE-306