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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2024-50336 EUVD-2024-3335GHSA-xvg8-m4x3-w6xr

matrix-js-sdk has insufficient MXC URI validation which allows client-side path traversal

Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

matrix-js-sdk is a Matrix messaging protocol Client-Server SDK for JavaScript. matrix-js-sdk before 34.11.0 is vulnerable to client-side path traversal via crafted MXC URIs. A malicious room member can trigger clients based on the matrix-js-sdk to issue arbitrary authenticated GET requests to the client's homeserver. Fixed in matrix-js-sdk 34.11.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
matrix-org matrix-js-sdk < 34.11.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:128.5.2esr-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:128.5.2esr-1 —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:128.6.0esr-1~deb12u1 DSA-5841-1
Debian 11 thunderbird 1:128.6.0esr-1~deb11u1 DLA-4012-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS mozjs102 +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mozjs78 +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS thunderbird 1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mozjs52 +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mozjs38 +1 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 MozillaThunderbird 128.5.2-150200.8.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4326-1
SLES 15 SP5 MozillaThunderbird 128.5.2-150200.8.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4326-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 128.5.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14584-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 MozillaThunderbird 128.5.2-150200.8.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4326-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 MozillaThunderbird 128.5.2-150200.8.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4326-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 thunderbird 128.7.0-1.amzn2.0.2 ALAS2-2025-2789

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm matrix-js-sdk < 34.11.1 34.11.1 GHSA-xvg8-m4x3-w6xr

Advisories 7

References