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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2024-34353 EUVD-2024-1554GHSA-9ggc-845v-gcgv

matrix-sdk-crypto contains a log exposure of private key of the server-side key backup

Published May 13, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

The matrix-sdk-crypto crate, part of the Matrix Rust SDK project, is an implementation of a Matrix end-to-end encryption state machine in Rust. In Matrix, the server-side `key backup` stores encrypted copies of Matrix message keys. This facilitates key sharing between a user's devices and provides a redundant copy in case all devices are lost. The key backup uses asymmetric
cryptography, with each server-side key backup assigned a unique public-private key pair. Due to a logic bug introduced in commit 71136e44c03c79f80d6d1a2446673bc4d53a2067, matrix-sdk-crypto version 0.7.0 will sometimes log the private part of the backup key pair to Rust debug logs (using the `tracing` crate). This issue has been resolved in matrix-sdk-crypto version 0.7.1. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
matrix-org matrix-sdk-crypto = 0.7.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io matrix-sdk-crypto >= 0.7.0, < 0.7.1 0.7.1 GHSA-9ggc-845v-gcgv

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