Team Admin Privilege Escalation to Demote Members to Guest

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26230",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Team Admin Privilege Escalation to Demote Members to Guest",
    "summary": "Mattermost versions 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to properly validate permission requirements in the team member roles API endpoint which allows team administrators to demote members to guest role. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00531",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-26230",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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              "type": "GIT",
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            "v10.11.9",
            "v10.11.9-rc1",
            "v10.11.8",
            "v10.11.7",
            "v10.11.6",
            "v10.11.5",
            "v10.11.4-rc3",
            "v10.11.4",
            "v10.11.4-rc2",
            "v10.11.4-rc1",
            "v10.11.3",
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            "@mattermost/types@10.11.0",
            "@mattermost/client@10.11.0"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:28.781325164Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/26xxx/CVE-2026-26230.json",
        "https://mattermost.com/security-updates",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26230"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 495798,
  "published_at": "2026-03-16T20:19:51.287+00:00"
}