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Auto-Enrollment of Team Admins into Private Channels without explicit consent

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Mattermost versions 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to prompt for explicit approval before adding a team admin to a private channel, which team admins to joining private channels via crafted permalink links without explicit consent from them.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-27715
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 13:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Auto-Enrollment of Team Admins into Private Channels without explicit consent

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Mar 2025, 08:22 UTC

Mattermost versions 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to prompt for explicit approval before adding a team admin to a private channel, which team admins to joining private channels via crafted permalink links without explicit consent from them.

osv:CVE-2025-27715
Complete source record
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  "id": "9d664158bc4aec68b905eb69dd677f40b9c91b568ecb46bd13e65834967ab989",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27715",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Auto-Enrollment of Team Admins into Private Channels without explicit consent",
    "summary": "Mattermost versions 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to prompt for explicit approval before adding a team admin to a private channel, which team admins to joining private channels via crafted permalink links without explicit consent from them.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-27715",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-27715",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-mattermost-2025-27715",
        "CVE-2025-27715",
        "GHSA-cw7q-5cgc-h3h9",
        "GO-2025-3555"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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          "ranges": [
            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0bc2ddd42375a75ab14e63f038165150d4f07659"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "07bb4f96ed7400080f2ded5e910a947b8e6c168f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "9.11.0"
                      },
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                        "fixed": "9.11.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v9.11.9-rc2",
            "v9.11.9-rc1",
            "v9.11.8",
            "v9.11.7-rc3",
            "v9.11.7",
            "v9.11.7-rc2",
            "v9.11.7-rc1",
            "v9.11.6",
            "v9.11.6-rc2",
            "v9.11.6-rc1",
            "v9.11.5",
            "v9.11.5-rc1",
            "v9.11.4",
            "v9.11.4-rc1",
            "v9.11.3",
            "v9.11.3-rc2",
            "v9.11.3-rc1",
            "v9.11.2",
            "v9.11.2-rc2",
            "v9.11.2-rc1",
            "v9.11.1-rc1",
            "v9.11.1",
            "v9.11.0-rc3",
            "v9.11.0",
            "@mattermost/types@9.11.0",
            "@mattermost/client@9.11.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-27715.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:35.538632737Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://mattermost.com/security-updates",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/27xxx/CVE-2025-27715.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27715"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-863"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "Mattermost",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
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              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.11.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.11.8"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/27xxx/CVE-2025-27715.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-27715",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 502983,
  "published_at": "2025-03-21T08:22:25.321+00:00"
}