CVE-2026-72918 (GCVE-0-2026-72918)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-10 21:42
Modified
2026-08-11 16:04
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Summary
Rocket.Chat is an open-source, secure, fully customizable communications platform. Prior to 7.10.14, 8.0.8, 8.1.7, 8.2.7, 8.3.7, 8.4.5, 8.5.2, and 8.6.1, the stream-notify-user stream in the WebSocket protocol allows an authenticated user to write arbitrary notification bodies because the sender is not checked, and the client-side UI can create an ephemeral fake message in another user's currently open chat. This issue is fixed in versions 7.10.14, 8.0.8, 8.1.7, 8.2.7, 8.3.7, 8.4.5, 8.5.2, and 8.6.1.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
RocketChat Rocket.Chat Version: < 7.10.14
Version: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.8
Version: >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.7
Version: >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.7
Version: >= 8.3.0, < 8.3.7
Version: >= 8.4.0, < 8.4.5
Version: >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.2
Version: >= 8.6.0, < 8.6.1
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