GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222/GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222
Aliases
Published
2026-01-16T09:31:21Z
Modified
2026-03-19T08:47:31Z
Severity
  • 3.1 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Mattermost is vulnerable to CPU exhaustion via crafted HTTP request
Details

Mattermost versions 10.11.x <= 10.11.8 fail to validate input size before processing hashtags which allows an authenticated attacker to exhaust CPU resources via a single HTTP request containing a post with thousands space-separated tokens.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-407",
        "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-01-16T20:54:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-01-16T09:16:01Z",
    "severity":  "LOW"
}
References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Package

Name
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
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Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
10.11.0
Fixed
10.11.9

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range
"<= 10.11.8"
source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222/GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222.json"

Go / github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Package

Name
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
11.0.0
Fixed
11.2.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222/GHSA-9r42-rhw3-2222.json"