Mattermost <=10.8.0 Improper Channel Membership Validation via Run Metadata API
CVE-2025-47871 Published on June 30, 2025

Mattermost Playbooks exposes private channel metadata to unauthorized users via run metadata API
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 properly validate channel membership when retrieving playbook run metadata, allowing authenticated users who are playbook members but not channel members to access sensitive information about linked private channels including channel name, display name, and participant count through the run metadata API endpoint.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-47871 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?

The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

CVE-2025-47871 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-47871

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Affected Versions

Mattermost:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.06%
Percentile
18.85%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.