CVE-2026-4286: Playbooks Plugin fails to validate team transfers, allowing unauthorized removal of member access via playbook update

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-18 · updated 2026-10-14
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Mattermost versions 11.5.x <= 11.5.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.13 fail to check if {{team_id}} was being changed when updating playbooks, allowing users with only {{Manage Playbook Configurations}} permission to change a playbook's team, bypassing manage members restriction via PUT api. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00552

Affected products

Mattermost: from 10.11.0 before 10.11.14; from 11.5.0 before 11.5.2 — fixed in 10.11.14, 11.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mattermost 10.11.14, 11.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://mattermost.com/security-updates

Get alerted when CVE-2026-4286 or the next vulnerability affects your stack