Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by Mattermost

CVE-2026-93850Unbounded memory consumption during PDF text extraction

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 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.5% 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 fail to bind the volume of text extracted from an uploaded PDF which allows an authenticated user to exhaust server memory and cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF whose compressed content stream expands into a very large amount of text.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00769

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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-409 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

MMSA-2026-00769 vendor-advisory