CVE-2026-72919

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 channels.convertToTeam REST endpoint allows an authenticated registered user with the create-team permission to convert an unrelated public channel by supplying channelName instead of channelId because the edit-room permission is checked only for channelId. 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.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/commit/175a19c4151f41910499ef37df54f58022276d12
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/41206
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/security/advisories/GHSA-4mvx-9h2h-hmg3

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-10 22:17

Updated : 2026-09-09 20:50

NVD link : CVE-2026-72919

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72919

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72919

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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