Disclosure of team owner email address when regenerating Invite ID
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Mattermost fails to honor the ShowEmailAddress setting when constructing a response to the "Regenerate Invite Id" API endpoint, allowing an attacker with team admin privileges to learn the team owner's email address in the response.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattermost | Mattermost | 5.12.0 to before 7.7.0 | 7.7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Mattermost VendorMattermost Affected 5.12.0 to before 7.7.0 Fixed in 7.7.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.12.0 to before 7.7.0 | Vulnerable | Mattermost |
- cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.12.0 to before 7.7.0 Vulnerable ·Mattermost
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Mattermost (Mattermost) Fixed in 7.7.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mattermost 7.7.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-12016 Disclosure of team owner email address when when accessing the teams APIPriority LOW 14
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-27265
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x444-p8vv-928w
References
Advisory 1
More Mattermost Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-18933 Arbitrary file read in Mattermost Boards via import & export board archive CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-04465 Path Traversal Leading to RCE by Any Authenticated Mattermost User CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2017-14068 An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.6.2. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14060 An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14048 An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.1.0, 4.0.4, and 3.10.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-14360 Arbitrary file read via block duplication in Mattermost Boards CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
Sources
- CVE-2023-27265 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-27265 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x444-p8vv-928w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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