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CVE-2024-8071 Details

Description

Mattermost versions 9.9.x <= 9.9.1, 9.5.x <= 9.5.7, 9.10.x <= 9.10.0 and 9.8.x <= 9.8.2 fail to restrict which roles can promote a user as system admin which allows a System Role with edit access to the permissions section of system console to update their role (e.g. member) to include the `manage_system` permission, effectively becoming a System Admin.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.2 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://mattermost.com/security-updates	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]
CWE-284	Improper Access Control	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mattermost mattermost	>= 9.5.0, < 9.5.8 >= 9.8.0, < 9.8.3 >= 9.9.0, < 9.9.2 >= 9.10.0, < 9.10.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Aug 23, 2024	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 22, 2024	New CVE Received	[email protected]