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CVE-2017-18875 Moderate

CVE-2017-18875

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2 when local storage for files is used. A System Admin can create arbitrary files.

Exploit probability 0.7%
Published June 19, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change July 31, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

14 explicit affected versions

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

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2025-4186

Mattermost Server does not prevent System Admin from arbitrary file creation in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server before v4.1.2-0.20171004201910-6be8113eb60c, from v4.2.0-rc1.0.20171004154238-fadd9514f6e7 before v4.2.1-0.20171004194140-6d3cb2ce07fc.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-9rr5-q43r-ccv4

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2 when local storage for files is used. A System Admin can create arbitrary files.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-18875

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2 when local storage for files is used. A System Admin can create arbitrary files.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence