Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.2 6.2.2.0 fail to redact the pre-auth secret when generating a diagnostics report, which allows a local attacker with access to a user's diagnostics report or log files to obtain the plaintext pre-auth secret configured for a connected server via inspecting the Server Connectivity (Step-3) diagnostics output. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00716
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Fixes
Solution
Update Mattermost Desktop App to versions 6.3.0, 6.2.3.0 or higher.
Workaround
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History
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| Description | Mattermost Desktop App versions <=6.2 6.2.2.0 fail to redact the pre-auth secret when generating a diagnostics report, which allows a local attacker with access to a user's diagnostics report or log files to obtain the plaintext pre-auth secret configured for a connected server via inspecting the Server Connectivity (Step-3) diagnostics output. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00716 | |
| Title | Plaintext pre-auth secret exposure via Desktop App diagnostics report | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-200 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Mattermost
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-17T22:09:49.590Z
Reserved: 2026-08-17T22:07:53.714Z
Link: CVE-2026-75587
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-17T23:16:52.820
Modified: 2026-08-17T23:16:52.820
Link: CVE-2026-75587
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-18T01:00:05Z
Weaknesses