Vulnerability advisory

CVE-2021-40823

Published Updated OSV record ↗

Also known as GHSA-23cm-x6j7-6hq3

Severity
  • CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected versions

Repository

Affected commitsFixed by commit
GIT github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk ↗
All commits before e878b7683b1d7b47eca10d8dfc4510f7826679b3e878b7683b1d7b47eca10d8dfc4510f7826679b3
Also listed as affected (57)
  • v12.4.0
  • v12.4.0-rc.1
  • v8.1.0
  • v8.1.0-rc.1
  • v8.0.0
  • v7.1.0
  • v7.1.0-rc.1
  • v5.0.1
  • v2.4.1
  • v2.0.1
  • v2.0.1-rc.2
  • v2.0.1-rc.1
  • v1.0.0
  • v1.0.0-rc.2
  • v1.0.0-rc.1
  • v0.11.0
  • v0.11.0-rc.1
  • v0.10.7
  • v0.10.7-rc.1
  • v0.10.5
  • v0.10.5-rc.1
  • v0.10.3
  • v0.10.2
  • v0.10.3-rc.1
  • v0.10.2-rc.1
  • v0.8.3
  • v0.8.3-rc.1
  • v0.8.2
  • v0.8.1
  • v0.8.1-rc.1
  • v0.8.0
  • v0.7.10
  • v0.7.9
  • v0.7.4
  • v0.7.4-rc.1
  • v0.7.2
  • v0.7.1-rc.1
  • v0.6.4
  • v0.6.4-rc.2
  • v0.6.2
  • v0.6.1
  • v0.6.0-rc2
  • v0.6.0-rc1
  • v0.5.6
  • v0.5.5
  • v0.5.4
  • v0.5.3
  • v0.5.2
  • v0.5.1
  • v0.5.0
  • v0.4.2
  • v0.4.1
  • v0.2.2
  • v0.2.1
  • v0.2.0
  • v0.1.1
  • v0.1.0

Description

A logic error in the room key sharing functionality of matrix-js-sdk (aka Matrix Javascript SDK) before 12.4.1 allows a malicious Matrix homeserver present in an encrypted room to steal room encryption keys (via crafted Matrix protocol messages) that were originally sent by affected Matrix clients participating in that room. This allows the homeserver to decrypt end-to-end encrypted messages sent by affected clients.

References

  • Codex
  • Claude Code
  • VS Code
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Cline
  • Windsurf
  • Google Anti-gravity
  • OpenCode
  • Pi
  • Gemini CLI
  • Hermes Agent
  • Zed
  • Junie
  • Qwen Code
  • Kiro
  • Kilo Code
  • Factory Droid

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