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Medium, CVSS 6.8

Mattermost Fails to Validate File Paths

CVE-2025-36530GHSA-gq3r-5833-5532

What to do

Partial vendor fix. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

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

    Affected
    < 8.0.0-20250619095651-9dd0b3943e55
    Fixed in
    8.0.0-20250619095651-9dd0b3943e55

  • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6

    Affected
    <= 6.7.2
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

  • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

    Affected
    >= 10.9.0, <= 10.9.1>= 10.8.0, <= 10.8.3>= 10.5.0, <= 10.5.8>= 9.11.0, <= 9.11.17
    Fixed in
    10.5.9, 9.11.18, 10.9.2, 10.8.4

  • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5

    Affected
    <= 5.11.1
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

  • GitHub Advisory Database and maintainer security advisories on GitHub

    GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-gq3r-5833-5532 lists affected ranges: Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >=10.9.0 =10.8.0 =10.5.0 =9.11.0 =0 =0 =0 <=6.7.2

    VerifiedObserved Structured GitHub Advisory Database record (type=reviewed) from the GitHub REST API.

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
6.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
  • CVE-2025-36530: 0.49% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 42.44 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Mattermost versions 10.9.x <= 10.9.1, 10.8.x <= 10.8.3, 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17 fail to properly validate file paths during plugin import operations which allows restricted admin users to install unauthorized custom plugins via path traversal in the import functionality, bypassing plugin signature enforcement and marketplace restrictions.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-gq3r-5833-5532

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-36530

Advisory: Mattermost Fails to Validate File Paths
IDs: CVE-2025-36530, GHSA-gq3r-5833-5532
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-36530 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Partial vendor fix; fixed versions by package: github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 8.0.0-20250619095651-9dd0b3943e55; github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server 10.9.2, 10.8.4, 10.5.9, 9.11.18. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: affected < 8.0.0-20250619095651-9dd0b3943e55; fixed in 8.0.0-20250619095651-9dd0b3943e55
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6: affected <= 6.7.2
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server: affected >= 10.9.0, <= 10.9.1; >= 10.8.0, <= 10.8.3; >= 10.5.0, <= 10.5.8; >= 9.11.0, <= 9.11.17; fixed in 10.5.9, 9.11.18, 10.9.2, 10.8.4
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5: affected <= 5.11.1

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gq3r-5833-5532 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-gq3r-5833-5532 lists affected ranges: Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >=10.9.0 =10.8.0 =10.5.0 =9.11.0 =0 =0 =0 <=6.7.2)

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