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Medium · 5.0 CVE-2023-38691 EUVD-2023-2361GHSA-vc7j-h8xg-fv5x

matrix-appservice-bridge doesn't verify the sub parameter of an openId token exhange, allowing unauthorized access to provisioning APIs

Published Aug 4, 2023 · Updated Oct 7, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

matrix-appservice-bridge provides an API for setting up bridges. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to versions 8.1.2 and 9.0.1, a malicious Matrix server can use a foreign user's MXID in an OpenID exchange, allowing a bad actor to impersonate users when using the provisioning API. The library does not check that the servername part of the `sub` parameter (containing the user's *claimed* MXID) is the the same as the servername we are talking to. A malicious actor could spin up a server on any given domain, respond with a `sub` parameter according to the user they want to act as and use the resulting token to perform provisioning requests. Versions 8.1.2 and 9.0.1 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable the provisioning API.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
matrix-org matrix-appservice-bridge >= 4.0.0, < 8.1.2, = 9.0.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm matrix-appservice-bridge >= 4.0.0, < 8.1.2 8.1.2 GHSA-vc7j-h8xg-fv5x
npm matrix-appservice-bridge >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.1 9.0.1 GHSA-vc7j-h8xg-fv5x

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