CVE-2026-6957

Path traversal in Mattermost Legal Hold plugin via unsanitized file name from federated peer allows arbitrary file write.

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2026 at 02:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLegal HoldMattermost

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Mattermost Plugins versions <=1.1.5 fail to sanitize filenames received from federated peers before using them to construct export destination paths, which allows an administrator of a remote federated Mattermost server to write files to arbitrary locations within the target server's filestore via a malicious filename delivered through the shared-channel attachment sync protocol. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00659

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.1.5
Vendor states this is fixed in .0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://mattermost.com/security-updates

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-22

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