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CVE-2026-11993 - Fix authenticated members disabling file content indexing server-wide via extraction pool exhaustion

CVE ID :CVE-2026-11993
Published : Sept. 14, 2026, 10:29 a.m. | 38 minutes ago
Description :Mattermost versions 11.9.x <= 11.9.0, 11.8.x <= 11.8.4, 11.7.x <= 11.7.7, 10.11.x <= 10.11.22 fail to properly enforce the limit of concurrent files being processed and handled failed files, which allows a user with permission to upload files to spawn more goroutines than intended and block the indexing of other files via uploading heavy files constantly to the server.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00696
Severity: 4.3 | MEDIUM
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