CVE-2024-4195
Mattermost allows team admins to promote guests to team admins
Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes, which allows an attacker authenticated as a team admin to promote guests to team admins via crafted HTTP requests.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
2.7
Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes, which allows an attacker authenticated as a team admin to promote guests to team admins via crafted HTTP requests.
- Record
CVE-2024-4195- CVSS 3.1
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-1100
2.7
Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes, which allows an attacker authenticated as a team admin to promote guests to team admins via crafted HTTP requests.
- Record
EUVD-2024-1100- CVSS 3.1
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5fh7-7mw7-mmx5
2.7
Mattermost allows team admins to promote guests to team admins
Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes, which allows an attacker authenticated as a team admin to promote guests to team admins via crafted HTTP requests.
- Record
GHSA-5fh7-7mw7-mmx5- CVSS 3.1
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
2.7
Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes, which allows an attacker authenticated as a team admin to promote guests to team admins via crafted HTTP requests.
- Record
CVE-2024-4195- CVSS 3.1
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
2.7
Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes, which allows an attacker authenticated as a team admin to promote guests to team admins via crafted HTTP requests.
- Record
CVE-2024-4195- CVSS 3.1
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-5fh7-7mw7-mmx5
2.7
Mattermost allows team admins to promote guests to team admins
Mattermost versions 9.6.0, 9.5.x before 9.5.3, and 8.1.x before 8.1.12 fail to fully validate role changes, which allows an attacker authenticated as a team admin to promote guests to team admins via crafted HTTP requests.
- Record
GHSA-5fh7-7mw7-mmx5- CVSS 3.1
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2793 No score
Mattermost allows team admins to promote guests to team admins in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
Mattermost allows team admins to promote guests to team admins in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
- Record
GO-2024-2793- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverGo |
9.5.0 to 9.5.2 | 9.5.3 |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverGo |
8.1.0 to 8.1.11 | 8.1.12 |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverGo |
9.5.0 up to 9.5.3 | 9.5.3 |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverGo |
8.1.0 up to 8.1.12 | 8.1.12 |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverGo |
8.1.0+incompatible up to 8.1.12+incompatible, 9.5.0+incompatible up to 9.5.3+incompatible | 8.1.12+incompatible9.5.3+incompatible |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 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-2024-4195 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.7) in Jenkins Mattermost, published April 26, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server 9.5.3.
References
mattermost.com/security-updates
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4195
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/1e3497e0595bb4f9908c94dd9d4685d48556b7e8
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/f0872dd4e4ba34f061aa6982a71c7c29532aac2e
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5fh7-7mw7-mmx5
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/4xxx/CVE-2024-4195.json
github.com/mattermost/mattermost