Medium severity · published Jun 15, 2026
CVE-2026-8683
Overly long URLs crash the Mattermost Desktop App
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.1 5.5.13.0 fail to account for attempting to open extremely long URLs in the Mattermost Desktop App which allows a malicious server owner to crash the application via including a script to call window.open on a very large URL. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00652
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mattermost · Mattermost
through 5.5.13 · source: vendor
MD
Mattermost Desktop · Mattermost
through 5.13.0; 6.1.0 through 6.1.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8683
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8683
Vendor Advisory
https://mattermost.com/security-updates
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