GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6
Aliases
Published
2026-03-16T15:30:42Z
Modified
2026-03-23T18:56:19Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Mattermost fails to properly handle very long passwords
Details

Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to properly handle very long passwords, which allows an attacker to overload the server CPU and memory via executing login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00587

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-03-17T19:59:16Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-03-16T14:18:16Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

Go
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8

Package

Name
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.0.0-20260129164748-7201f42d955f

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6.json"
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
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.2-0.20260129164748-7201f42d955f

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6.json"
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
10.11.0-rc1
Fixed
10.11.11

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6.json"
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
11.2.0-rc1
Fixed
11.2.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6.json"
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
11.3.0-rc1
Fixed
11.3.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6/GHSA-m5rv-56xx-hfc6.json"