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Low, CVSS 3.8

Mattermost Fails to Properly Validate Team Role Modification

CVE-2025-53971GHSA-4276-cm8c-788h

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
    < 8.0.0-20250721095846-c602a4a78e1f
    Fixed in
    8.0.0-20250721095846-c602a4a78e1f

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

    Affected
    <= 6.7.2
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

  • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

    Affected
    >= 10.5.0, <= 10.5.8>= 9.11.0, <= 9.11.17
    Fixed in
    10.5.9, 9.11.18

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

    Affected
    <= 5.39.3
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
3.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
  • CVE-2025-53971: 0.20% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 10.32 (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 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17 fail to properly validate authorization for team scheme role modifications which allows Team Admins to demote Team Members to Guests via the PUT /api/v4/teams/team-id/members/user-id/schemeRoles API endpoint.

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

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-4276-cm8c-788h

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-53971

Advisory: Mattermost Fails to Properly Validate Team Role Modification
IDs: CVE-2025-53971, GHSA-4276-cm8c-788h
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-53971 (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: Low (CVSS 3.8)
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 8.0.0-20250721095846-c602a4a78e1f; github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server 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 < 8.0.0-20250721095846-c602a4a78e1f; fixed in 8.0.0-20250721095846-c602a4a78e1f
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6: affected <= 6.7.2
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server: affected >= 10.5.0, <= 10.5.8; >= 9.11.0, <= 9.11.17; fixed in 10.5.9, 9.11.18
- Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5: affected <= 5.39.3

## 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-4276-cm8c-788h (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-4276-cm8c-788h lists affected ranges: Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server >=10.5.0 =9.11.0 =0 =0 =0 <=6.7.2)

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