Vulnerability · CVE-2026-1046
Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.0 6.2.0 5.2.13.0 fail to validate help links which allows a malicious Mattermost server to execute arbitrary executables on a user’…
Published Feb 16, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · mattermost desktop
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-1046. EPSS is 0.26%. Act only if a listed version of mattermost desktop is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.26%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- cpe mattermost/mattermost desktop · stated mattermost desktop
Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.0 6.2.0 5.2.13.0 fail to validate help links which allows a malicious Mattermost server to execute arbitrary executables on a user’s system via the user clicking on certain items in the Help menu Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00577
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe mattermost/mattermost desktopversion unspecified
- stated mattermost desktop<= 6.0
How to fix CVE-2026-1046
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-1046. EPSS is 0.26%. Act only if a listed version of mattermost desktop is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with mattermost desktop <= 6.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-939. EPSS 0.26%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Feb 16, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.0 6.2.0 5.2.13.0 fail to validate help links which allows a malicious Mattermost server to execute arbitrary executables on a user’s system via the user clicking on certain items in the Help menu Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00577
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.0 6.2.0 5.2.13.0 fail to validate help links which allows a malicious Mattermost server to execute arbitrary executables on a user’s system via the user clicking on certain items in the Help menu Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00577
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-1046
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-1046
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-1046
Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.0 6.2.0 5.2.13.0 fail to validate help links which allows a malicious Mattermost server to execute arbitrary executables on a user’s system via the user clicking on certain items in the Help menu Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00577
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.