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Medium · 4.9 CVE-2026-45057 EUVD-2026-76764GHSA-h97m-27fx-42rxRUSTSEC-2026-0158

matrix-sdk-ui: Incomplete edit validation

Published Sep 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

matrix-sdk-ui provides GUI-centric utilities on top of matrix-rust-sdk. The message edit validation logic in the `matrix-sdk-ui` crate prior to 0.17.0 is missing a check: when replacing an encrypted event, the replacement event itself is not required to be encrypted. This enables a malicious homeserver administrators (or actors with equivalent power) to impersonate or spoof messages as if they were sent by a victim user. `matrix-sdk-ui` 0.17.0 fixes the message edit validation logic to align with the algorithm for replacement events[^1] described in the Matrix specification. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
matrix-org matrix-sdk-ui < 0.16.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io matrix-sdk-ui < 0.16.1 0.16.1 GHSA-h97m-27fx-42rx
crates.io matrix-sdk-ui >= 0.0.0-0, < 0.16.1 0.16.1 RUSTSEC-2026-0158

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