CVE-2024-47824
NONE0.0EPSS 0.53%Malicious homeservers can steal message keys when the matrix-react-sdk user invites another user to a room
Description
### Impact matrix-react-sdk before 3.102.0 allows a malicious homeserver to potentially steal message keys for a room when a user invites another user to that room, via injection of a malicious device controlled by the homeserver. This is possible because matrix-react-sdk before 3.102.0 shared historical message keys on invite. ### Patches matrix-react-sdk 3.102.0 [disables sharing message keys on invite](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/12618) by removing calls to the vulnerable functionality. ### Workarounds None. ### References The vulnerability in matrix-react-sdk is caused by calling `MatrixClient.sendSharedHistoryKeys` in matrix-js-sdk, which is inherently vulnerable to this sort of attack. This matrix-js-sdk vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-47080 / [GHSA-4jf8-g8wp-cx7c](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-4jf8-g8wp-cx7c). Given that this functionality is not specific to sharing message keys on *invite*, is optional, has to be explicitly called by the caller and has been independently patched in matrix-react-sdk by removing the offending calls, we believe it is proper to treat the matrix-react-sdk vulnerability as a separate one, with its own advisory and CVE. The matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk repository has recently been archived and the project was moved to [element-hq/matrix-react-sdk](https://github.com/element-hq/matrix-react-sdk). Given that this happened *after* the first patched release, no releases of the project on [element-hq/matrix-react-sdk](https://github.com/element-hq/matrix-react-sdk) were ever vulnerable to this vulnerability. Patching pull request: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/12618. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at security at [security at matrix.org](mailto:[email protected]).
Affected packages (1)
- npm/matrix-react-sdk>= 3.18.0, < 3.102.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | NONE0.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47824
- PATCHhttps://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk
- WEBhttps://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/commit/6fc9d7641c51ca3db8225cf58b9d6e6fdd2d6556
- WEBhttps://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/12618
- WEBhttps://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-qcvh-p9jq-wp8v