7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-24458
DoS attack via login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords
Description

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

INFO

Published Date :

March 16, 2026, 12:02 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 16, 2026, 12:02 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

Mattermost
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-24458 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 9302f53e-dde5-4bf3-b2f2-a83f91ac0eee
Solution
Update Mattermost to a version that properly handles long passwords to prevent CPU and memory overload.
  • Update Mattermost to version 11.3.1 or later.
  • Update Mattermost to version 11.2.3 or later.
  • Update Mattermost to version 10.11.11 or later.

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