CVE-2017-18886

mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.010 · 61 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.95% (61st) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2. It allows a bypass of restrictions on use of slash commands.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-732US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
mattermost mattermost server< 4.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mattermost mattermost server4.2.0 → 4.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mattermost mattermost server= 4.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server< 4.1.2osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server< 4.1.2+incompatibleosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server4.2.0-rc1 → 4.2.1osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server4.2.0-rc1+incompatible → 4.2.1+incompatibleosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server4.3.0-rc1 → 4.3.0osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server4.3.0-rc1+incompatible → 4.3.0+incompatibleosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-wvjg-33p9-938hMattermost Server does not properly restrict use of slash commands2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2. It allows a bypass of restrictions on use of slash commands.
GO-2025-4204Mattermost Server does not properly restrict use of slash commands in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server2025-12-15vendor · osvUS
Mattermost Server does not properly restrict use of slash commands in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-06-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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