Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/channels/app package, versions >=9.11.0 <9.11.17-rc1>=10.5.0 <10.5.7>=10.7.0 <10.7.4-rc1>=10.8.0 <10.8.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMMATTERMOSTMATTERMOSTSERVERCHANNELSAPP-10874221
  • published22 Jul 2025
  • disclosed18 Jul 2025
  • creditDawid Kulikowski

Introduced: 18 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-6226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-306  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/channels/app to version 9.11.17-rc1, 10.5.7, 10.7.4-rc1, 10.8.2 or higher.

Overview

github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/channels/app is a private-cloud Slack alternative

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authentication for Critical Function in the deduplicateCreatePost method. An attacker can access posts in private channels without proper authorization by guessing the PendingPostID of recently created posts.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1