GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-j944-w549-3453 Cinny vulnerable to access token disclosure via invalidated emoji pack avatar URL in service worker
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-42553
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- cinny
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-07
Affected packages
• npm cinny: < 4.10.3 → fixed in 4.10.3
Description
Impact
A remote authenticated attacker who shares a room with a victim and has permissions to create room emotes (for example in a DM) can cause the victim's client to send their Matrix access token to an attacker-controlled server. This occurs when the victim opens the emoji or sticker picker for the room containing a malicious emote pack.
The root causes are:
(1) an incorrect fallback in EmojiBoard that uses untrusted `pack.meta.avatar` (user-controlled) without converting/validating it as an MXC URL, allowing arbitrary HTTP(S) URLs to be used; and
(2) the service worker attaching the user's Authorization bearer token to all outbound GET requests whose URL contains `/_matrix/client/v1/media/download` or `/_matrix/client/v1/media/thumbnail` without verifying the request host matches the configured homeserver origin. An attacker-controlled URL containing those path fragments and permissive CORS will receive the victim's Authorization header (access token).
Impacted users: anybody using affected Cinny web app versions who opens the emoji/sticker picker in a room containing a malicious emote pack and who is logged in (authenticated).
Patches
Version with fixes: https://github.com/cinnyapp/cinny/releases/tag/v4.10.3
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-42553 Cinny is a Matrix client. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness