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CVE-2026-4643

Calling window.close() from server-side content causes crash in the Mattermost Desktop App

Description

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.1 6.0.1 5.4.13.0 fail to prevent server-rendered content from closing an underlying application view in the Mattermost Desktop App which allows a malicious server or plugin to crash the desktop client via invoking {{window.close()}} in the renderer context, leading to a denial of service condition at the client level. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00633

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Mattermost

  2. · 56 days later

    Published

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-4643, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
MattermostCNA (assigner)3.1Low3.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Low3.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.17% · top 94% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.

Affected products

  • Mattermost · Mattermost

    • affected ≤ 6.0.1
    • affected ≤ 5.4.13
    • unaffected 6.2.0
    • unaffected 6.1.1.0
    • unaffected 5.13.5.0

What to do

Solution: Update Mattermost Desktop App to versions 6.2.0, 6.1.1.0, 5.13.5.0 or higher.

References

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Sources

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