A system/user manager can demote / deactivate another manager

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5194",
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    "title": "A system/user manager can demote / deactivate another manager",
    "summary": "Mattermost fails to properly validate permissions when demoting and deactivating a user allowing for a system/user manager to demote / deactivate another manager",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-5194",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:32.604627149Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5194.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5194"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 499710,
  "published_at": "2023-09-29T09:28:50.676+00:00"
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