Private thread disclosure via stale memberships
Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026
Information disclosure in Mattermost before 10.11.21 and 11.7.6 allows remote authenticated users to read private thread data via the team threads API. When a user is removed from or leaves a team, Mattermost does not delete that user's thread membership records, so a later re-invite causes the API to honor stale membership state for private thread root posts and metadata. Exploitation requires an account that previously belonged to the team and is re-invited, and the exposed data is limited to private channel thread root content and related metadata rather than arbitrary channel access.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Mattermost before 10.11.21 and 11.7.6 allows remote authenticated users to read private thread data via the team threads API. When a user is removed from or leaves a team, Mattermost does not delete that user's thread membership records, so a later re-invite causes the API to honor stale membership state for private thread root posts and metadata. Exploitation requires an account that previously belonged to the team and is re-invited, and the exposed data is limited to private channel thread root content and related metadata rather than arbitrary channel access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-9693
- Published
- Aug 17, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Mattermost
- Product
- Mattermost
- Classifications
- CWE-459, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.11.0 <=10.11.20
- Affected versionversion=11.7.0 <=11.7.5
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