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Description

Mattermost versions 10.8.x <= 10.8.3, 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17, 10.9.x <= 10.9.2 fails to sanitize path traversal sequences in template file destination paths, which allows a system admin to perform path traversal attacks via malicious path components, potentially enabling malicious file placement outside intended directories.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-07-22 | Published 2025-08-21 | Updated 2025-08-21 | Assigner Mattermost




MEDIUM: 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

10.8.0
affected

10.5.0
affected

9.11.0
affected

10.9.0
affected

10.10.0
unaffected

10.8.4
unaffected

10.5.9
unaffected

9.11.18
unaffected

10.9.3
unaffected

Credits

Dawid Kulikowski (daw10) finder

References

mattermost.com/security-updates

cve.org (CVE-2025-8023)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-8023)

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