Medium severity · published Oct 26, 2026
CVE-2026-93849
Mattermost allows authenticated users to trigger excessive memory allocation via crafted msgpack binary WebSocket frames
New
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.1, 11.8.x <= 11.8.5, 11.7.x <= 11.7.10, 11.10.x <= 11.10.1 Mattermost fail to apply allocation limits to the byte-string decode paths in its WebSocket msgpack decoder, which allows an authenticated remote attacker to cause excessive server memory allocation via a crafted binary WebSocket frame declaring a Bin32 payload length of up to 4,294,967,295 bytes.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00768
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mattermost · Mattermost
11.9.0 through 11.9.1; 11.8.0 through 11.8.5; 11.7.0 through 11.7.10; 11.10.0 through 11.10.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93849
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93849
mattermost.com
https://mattermost.com/security-updates
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