Medium severity · published Sep 14, 2026
CVE-2026-12882
Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service
4.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.0, 11.8.x <= 11.8.4, 11.7.x <= 11.7.7, 10.11.x <= 10.11.22 fail to parse Markdown autolinks with unmatched trailing closing parentheses in linear time, which allows an authenticated user with permission to create posts to cause excessive server CPU consumption and degrade availability for other users via specially crafted post or message attachment content. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00703
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mattermost · Mattermost
11.9.0 through 11.9.0; 11.8.0 through 11.8.4; 11.7.0 through 11.7.7; 10.11.0 through 10.11.22 · source: vendor
MS
Mattermost Server · Mattermost
10.11.0 before 10.11.23; 11.7.0 before 11.7.8; 11.8.0 before 11.8.5; 11.9.0 before 11.9.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12882
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12882
Vendor Advisory
https://mattermost.com/security-updates
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