High severity · published Mar 16, 2026
CVE-2026-24458
DoS attack via login attempts with multi-megabyte passwords
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mattermost · Mattermost
11.3.0 through 11.3.0; 11.2.0 through 11.2.2; 10.11.0 through 10.11.10 · source: vendor
MS
Mattermost Server · Mattermost
10.11.0 before 10.11.11; 11.2.0 before 11.2.3; 11.3.0 before 11.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24458
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24458
Vendor Advisory
https://mattermost.com/security-updates
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