Mattermost 11.10.0 Vulnerable Team Search Leak of Private Team Info
CVE-2026-18256 Published on October 16, 2026

Private team metadata disclosure via the team search API
Mattermost versions 11.10.x <= 11.10.0, 11.7.x <= 11.7.9, 11.9.x <= 11.9.1, 11.8.x <= 11.8.5 fail to properly restrict private teams from public team search results, which allows an authenticated user without permission to list private teams to disclose the ID, name, and display name of private teams via a modified team search request. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00748

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-18256 is exploitable 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 a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
NONE
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-2026-18256 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

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