Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

CVE-2026-93849Mattermost allows authenticated users to trigger excessive memory allocation via crafted msgpack binary WebSocket frames

Medium 6.5

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 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.1, 11.8.x <= 11.8.5, 11.7.x <= 11.7.10, 11.10.x <= 11.10.1 Mattermost fail to apply allocation limits to the byte-string decode paths in its WebSocket msgpack decoder, which allows an authenticated remote attacker to cause excessive server memory allocation via a crafted binary WebSocket frame declaring a Bin32 payload length of up to 4,294,967,295 bytes.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00768

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mattermost Mattermost 11.9.0 – through 11.9.111.8.0 – through 11.8.511.7.0 – through 11.7.1011.10.0 – through 11.10.1

Weakness: CWE-789 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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