Mattermost fails to use consistent error responses when handling the /mute command in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Mattermost fails to use consistent error responses when handling the /mute command 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/v5 before v5.3.2-0.20260130144323-5bb5261c72fa.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
34 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to use consistent error responses when handling the /mute command which allows an authenticated team member to enumerate private channels they are not authorized to know about via differing error messages for nonexistent versus private channels. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00588
Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to use consistent error responses when handling the /mute command which allows an authenticated team member to enumerate private channels they are not authorized to know about via differing error messages for nonexistent versus private channels. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00588
Mattermost fails to use consistent error responses when handling the /mute command 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/v5 before v5.3.2-0.20260130144323-5bb5261c72fa.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/21xxx/CVE-2026-21386.json
- https://mattermost.com/security-updates
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21386
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/5bb5261c72faa476558a694c23581d24b734da41
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mr9-crcg-8wh2