MFA Enforcement Bypass Allows Unauthorized Removal of MFA for Other Users

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27538",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "MFA Enforcement Bypass Allows Unauthorized Removal of MFA for Other Users",
    "summary": "Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.1, 9.11.x <= 9.11.9 fail to enforce MFA checks in PUT /api/v4/users/user-id/mfa when the requesting user differs from the target user ID, which allows users with edit_other_users permission to activate or deactivate MFA for other users, even if those users have not set up MFA.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-27538",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-27538",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-27538",
        "GHSA-j5jw-m2ph-3jjf",
        "GO-2025-3620"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                        "introduced": "9.11.0"
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                        "fixed": "9.11.10"
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            "v10.5.0-rc6",
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            "@mattermost/types@10.5.0",
            "@mattermost/client@10.5.0",
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            "v9.11.7",
            "v9.11.7-rc2",
            "v9.11.7-rc1",
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-27538.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:44.516478036Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://mattermost.com/security-updates",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/27xxx/CVE-2025-27538.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27538"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-306"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "Mattermost",
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        "evidence": "/id"
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 512502,
  "published_at": "2025-04-16T07:45:01.229+00:00"
}