*Missing* {{invite_user}} *permission check on team creation allows unprivileged users to set open-invite and allowed-domains team settings*
CVE-2026-6689

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Mattermost
Status
Mattermost
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-6689?

Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.1, 11.5.x <= 11.5.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.15, 10.11.x <= 10.11.16 Fail to enforce PermissionInviteUser when setting AllowOpenInvite or AllowedDomains during team creation (the check was only applied on update/patch), which allows an authenticated user holding PermissionCreateTeam but not PermissionInviteUser on the resulting team to configure invite-controlled team settings (make the team publicly joinable via open invite and/or constrain membership via allowed domains) that they are not permitted to set on an existing team via POST /api/v4/teams with allow_open_invite: true and/or a non-empty allowed_domains in the request body.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00655

Affected Version(s)

Mattermost 11.6.0 <= 11.6.1

Mattermost 11.5.0 <= 11.5.4

Mattermost 10.11.0 <= 10.11.15

References

https://mattermost.com/security-updates
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

0x7oda7123
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