CVE-2024-1888
Existing server guests invited to the team by members without "invite_guest" permission
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission when inviting guests of other teams to a team, allowing a member with permissions to add other members but not to add guests to add a guest to a team as long as the guest was already a guest in another team of the server
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Existing server guests invited to the team by members without "invite_guest" permission
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission when inviting guests of other teams to a team, allowing a member with permissions to add other members but not to add guests to add a guest to a team as long as the guest was already a guest in another team of the server
- Record
CVE-2024-1888- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-0685
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission when inviting guests of other teams to a team, allowing a member with permissions to add other members but not to add guests to add a guest to a team as long as the guest was already a guest in another team of the server
- Record
EUVD-2024-0685- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pfw6-5rx3-xh3c
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission when inviting guests of other teams to a team, allowing a member with permissions to add other members but not to add guests to add a guest to a team as long as the guest was already a guest in another team of the server
- Record
GHSA-pfw6-5rx3-xh3c- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission when inviting guests of other teams to a team, allowing a member with permissions to add other members but not to add guests to add a guest to a team as long as the guest was already a guest in another team of the server
- Record
CVE-2024-1888- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Existing server guests invited to the team by members without "invite_guest" permission
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission when inviting guests of other teams to a team, allowing a member with permissions to add other members but not to add guests to add a guest to a team as long as the guest was already a guest in another team of the server
- Record
CVE-2024-1888- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
OSVGHSA-pfw6-5rx3-xh3c
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission when inviting guests of other teams to a team, allowing a member with permissions to add other members but not to add guests to add a guest to a team as long as the guest was already a guest in another team of the server
- Record
GHSA-pfw6-5rx3-xh3c- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2593No score
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Mattermost fails to check the "invite_guest" permission in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server.
NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.
(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)
The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 before v8.1.9.
- Record
GO-2024-2593- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go | 9.4.0 up to 9.4.2 | 9.4.2 |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go | 9.3.0 up to 9.3.1 | 9.3.1 |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go | 9.2.0 up to 9.2.5 | 9.2.5 |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go | before 8.1.9 | 8.1.9 |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverGo | 9.2.0+incompatible up to 9.2.5+incompatible, 9.3.0+incompatible up to 9.3.1+incompatible, 9.4.0+incompatible up to 9.4.2+incompatible | 9.2.5+incompatible9.3.1+incompatible9.4.2+incompatible |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5Go | All versions | None known |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6Go | All versions | None known |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go | All versions | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-1888 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mattermost, published February 29, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. Fixed in github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 9.4.2.