Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-3524

Mattermost Plugin Legal Hold versions <=1.1.4 fail to halt request processing after a failed authorization check in ServeHTTP which allows an authenticated attacker to…

Published Apr 6, 2026 · catalog updated Aug 6, 2026 · legal hold

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-3524. EPSS is 0.42%. Act only if a listed version of legal hold is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.42%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe mattermost/legal hold · stated legal hold

Mattermost Plugin Legal Hold versions <=1.1.4 fail to halt request processing after a failed authorization check in ServeHTTP which allows an authenticated attacker to access, create, download, and delete legal hold data via crafted API requests to the plugin's endpoints. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00621

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/legal hold< 1.1.5
  • stated legal hold<= 1.1.4

How to fix CVE-2026-3524

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-2026-3524. EPSS is 0.42%. Act only if a listed version of legal hold is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with mattermost/legal hold < 1.1.5; legal hold <= 1.1.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-862: Missing Authorization. EPSS 0.42%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 6, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Mattermost Plugin Legal Hold versions <=1.1.4 fail to halt request processing after a failed authorization check in ServeHTTP which allows an authenticated attacker to access, create, download, and delete legal hold data via crafted API requests to the plugin's endpoints. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00621

  2. Aug 6, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Mattermost Plugin Legal Hold versions <=1.1.4 fail to halt request processing after a failed authorization check in ServeHTTP which allows an authenticated attacker to access, create, download, and delete legal hold data via crafted API requests to the plugin's endpoints. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00621

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-3524

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-3524

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-3524

    Mattermost Plugin Legal Hold versions <=1.1.4 fail to halt request processing after a failed authorization check in ServeHTTP which allows an authenticated attacker to access, create, download, and delete legal hold data via crafted API requests to the plugin's endpoints. Matterm

    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.