CVE-2025-41423: Unauthorized Playbooks Post Deletion in Mattermost Playbooks Plugin

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.5.x <= 10.5.0, 9.11.x <= 9.11.10 fail to properly validate permissions for the API endpoint /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/signal/keywords/ignore-thread, allowing any user or attacker to delete posts containing actions created by the Playbooks bot, even without channel access or appropriate permissions.

Affected products

Mattermost: from 9.11.0 before 9.11.11; from 10.4.0 before 10.4.3; 10.5.0 — fixed in 10.4.3, 9.11.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mattermost 10.4.3, 9.11.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://mattermost.com/security-updates

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