CVE-2026-16046

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.6, 10.11.x <= 10.11.21 fail to enforce run-state validation on write operations for finished playbook runs which allows a run participant to modify status, checklists, retrospective content, ownership, and participants on completed runs via REST and GraphQL API requests. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00675

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(high)
EG Risk
19(Track)
EG Risk 19/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 18, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Updates

https://mattermost.com/security-updates

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16046(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 17× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 18:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-19 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 15:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 14:51 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-18 13:27 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-18 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-18 13:27 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 3.5 · severity → LOW
  14. 2026-08-17 15:20 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.80
  15. 2026-08-17 15:20 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 4.3 · severity → MEDIUM
  16. 2026-08-17 14:27 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-17 14:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16046?
CVE-2026-16046 is a medium vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.6, 10.11.x <= 10.11.21 fail to enforce run-state validation on write operations for finished playbook runs which allows a run participant to modify status, checklists, retrospective content, ownership, and participants on completed runs via REST and GraphQL API…
When was CVE-2026-16046 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16046 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 2026, with the most recent update on August 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16046 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16046 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16046?
CVE-2026-16046 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16046?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16046, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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