GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-w4pr-4vjg-hffh When matrix-nio receives forwarded room keys, the receiver doesn't check if it requested the key from the forwarder
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-39254
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- matrix-nio
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287, CWE-322
- Reviewed
- 2022-09-30
Affected packages
• PyPI matrix-nio: < 0.20 → fixed in 0.20
Description
When matrix-nio before 0.20 requests a room key from our devices, it correctly accepts key forwards only if they are a response to a previous request. However, it doesn't check that the device that responded matches the device the key was requested from.
This allows a malicious homeserver to insert room keys of questionable validity into the key store in some situations, potentially assisting in an impersonation attack.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-39254 matrix-nio is a Python Matrix client library, designed according to sans I/O principles. vulnerability