CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-39264

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2022-09-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-09-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-287, CWE-295

Description

nheko is a desktop client for the Matrix communication application. All versions below 0.10.2 are vulnerable homeservers inserting malicious secrets, which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks. Users can upgrade to version 0.10.2 to protect against this issue. As a workaround, one may apply the patch manually, avoid doing verifications of one's own devices, and/or avoid pressing the request button in the settings menu.

Affected configurations

• nheko-reborn nheko (< 0.10.2) • fedoraproject fedora 36 • fedoraproject fedora 37

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

References