CVE-2026-24458: DoS attack via login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2026-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-770

Description

Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to properly handle very long passwords, which allows an attacker to overload the server CPU and memory via executing login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00587

Affected products

Mattermost: from 10.11.0 before 10.11.11; from 11.2.0 before 11.2.3; from 11.3.0 before 11.3.1 — fixed in 10.11.11, 11.2.3, 11.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mattermost 10.11.11, 11.2.3, 11.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://mattermost.com/security-updates

Get alerted when CVE-2026-24458 or the next vulnerability affects your stack