SCA: security update for github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (GHSA-2g8v-grq3-hq2g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 448012

Description

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

- Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.0, 11.6.x <= 11.6.2, 11.5.x <= 11.5.5, 10.11.x <= 10.11.17 fail to
enforce administrator authorization on the {{setDefaultInstance}} call within the {{/gitlab connect}}
command handler, which allows any authenticated user to overwrite the global default GitLab instance
configuration via the {{/gitlab connect <instance-name>}} slash command.. Mattermost Advisory ID:
MMSA-2026-00644 (CVE-2026-5139)

Solution

Update the github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server library and its related packages to version 10.11.18 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2g8v-grq3-hq2g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 448012

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/16/2026

Updated: 9/16/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5139

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5139

cwe: CWE-862