CVE-2022-39251 (GCVE-0-2022-39251)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-28 00:00
Modified
2025-04-23 16:55
CWE
  • CWE-322 - Key Exchange without Entity Authentication
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Summary
Matrix Javascript SDK is the Matrix Client-Server SDK for JavaScript. Prior to version 19.7.0, an attacker cooperating with a malicious homeserver can construct messages that legitimately appear to have come from another person, without any indication such as a grey shield. Additionally, a sophisticated attacker cooperating with a malicious homeserver could employ this vulnerability to perform a targeted attack in order to send fake to-device messages appearing to originate from another user. This can allow, for example, to inject the key backup secret during a self-verification, to make a targeted device start using a malicious key backup spoofed by the homeserver. These attacks are possible due to a protocol confusion vulnerability that accepts to-device messages encrypted with Megolm instead of Olm. Starting with version 19.7.0, matrix-js-sdk has been modified to only accept Olm-encrypted to-device messages. Out of caution, several other checks have been audited or added. This attack requires coordination between a malicious home server and an attacker, so those who trust their home servers do not need a workaround.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
matrix-org matrix-js-sdk Version: < 19.7.0
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