CVE-2025-24866
Chainguard vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Mattermost versions 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 contain an incorrect authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-24866) that fails to enforce proper access controls on the /api/v4/audits endpoint. This allows users with delegated granular administration roles who lack access to Compliance Monitoring to retrieve User Activity Logs (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.7 (LOW) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The issue is classified as CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) and affects the access control mechanism for the /api/v4/audits endpoint (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows users with delegated granular administration roles to access User Activity Logs through the /api/v4/audits endpoint, despite not having the required Compliance Monitoring permissions (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version higher than Mattermost 9.11.8 to address this vulnerability (Mattermost Security).

Additional resources


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