GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-C7HH-3V6C-FJ4Qmatrix-appservice-irc events can be crafted to leak parts of targeted messages from other bridged rooms
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
35.0%
Impact
It was possible to craft an event such that it would leak part of a targeted message event from another bridged room. This required knowing an event ID to target.
Patches
Please upgrade to 1.0.1.
Workarounds
You can set the matrixHandler.eventCacheSize config value to 0 to workaround this bug. However, this may impact performance.
Credits
Discovered and reported by Val Lorentz.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory email us at [email protected].
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| matrix | matrix-appservice-bridge | * | cpe:2.3:a:matrix:matrix-appservice-bridge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
References
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c7hh-3v6c-fj4q
github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/commit/8bbd2b69a16cbcbeffdd9b5c973fd89d61498d75
github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/releases/tag/1.0.1
github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/security/advisories/GHSA-c7hh-3v6c-fj4q
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38700
Related
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
35.0%