Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

CVE-2026-12882Mattermost Markdown autolink parsing denial of service

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Mattermost from Mattermost. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mattermost	Mattermost	11.9.0 – through 11.9.011.8.0 – through 11.8.411.7.0 – through 11.7.710.11.0 – through 10.11.22

Weakness: CWE-407 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

MMSA-2026-00703 vendor-advisory