Authenticated data exfiltration via Markdown image injection
Published Jun 26, 2026 · Updated Jun 26, 2026
Protection mechanism failure in affected Mattermost servers allows remote authenticated users to exfiltrate data through AI bot posts. AI bot tool results accept injected Markdown image syntax without the normal image-rendering restrictions, causing a victim's client to request an attacker-controlled URL. The attacker needs an authenticated account and a victim who renders the post; affected releases are 10.11.0 through 10.11.18, 11.5.0 through 11.5.6, and 11.6.0 through 11.6.3, and the reported impact is limited to data exfiltration.
Summary
What happened
Protection mechanism failure in affected Mattermost servers allows remote authenticated users to exfiltrate data through AI bot posts. AI bot tool results accept injected Markdown image syntax without the normal image-rendering restrictions, causing a victim's client to request an attacker-controlled URL. The attacker needs an authenticated account and a victim who renders the post; affected releases are 10.11.0 through 10.11.18, 11.5.0 through 11.5.6, and 11.6.0 through 11.6.3, and the reported impact is limited to data exfiltration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-3472
- Published
- Jun 26, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Mattermost
- Product
- Mattermost
- Classifications
- CWE-693
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.11.0 <=10.11.18
- Affected versionversion=11.5.0 <=11.5.6
- Affected versionversion=11.6.0 <=11.6.3
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