Vulnerabilities in pkg:npm/matrix-react-sdk

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-qcvh-p9jq-wp8v",
  "modified" : "2024-10-15T19:56:05Z",
  "published" : "2024-10-15T18:11:51Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-47824" ],
  "summary" : "Malicious homeservers can steal message keys when the matrix-react-sdk user invites another user to a room",
  "details" : "### Impact\n\nmatrix-react-sdk before 3.102.0 allows a malicious homeserver to potentially steal message keys for a room when a user invites another user to that room, via injection of a malicious device controlled by the homeserver. This is possible because matrix-react-sdk before 3.102.0 shared historical message keys on invite.\n\n### Patches\n\nmatrix-react-sdk 3.102.0 [disables sharing message keys on invite](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/12618) by removing calls to the vulnerable functionality.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone.\n\n### References\n\nThe vulnerability in matrix-react-sdk is caused by calling `MatrixClient.sendSharedHistoryKeys` in matrix-js-sdk, which is inherently vulnerable to this sort of attack. This matrix-js-sdk vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-47080 / [GHSA-4jf8-g8wp-cx7c](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-4jf8-g8wp-cx7c). Given that this functionality is not specific to sharing message keys on *invite*, is optional, has to be explicitly called by the caller and has been independently patched in matrix-react-sdk by removing the offending calls, we believe it is proper to treat the matrix-react-sdk vulnerability as a separate one, with its own advisory and CVE.\n\nThe matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk repository has recently been archived and the project was moved to [element-hq/matrix-react-sdk](https://github.com/element-hq/matrix-react-sdk). Given that this happened *after* the first patched release, no releases of the project on [element-hq/matrix-react-sdk](https://github.com/element-hq/matrix-react-sdk) were ever vulnerable to this vulnerability.\n\nPatching pull request: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/12618.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at security at [security at matrix.org](mailto:security@matrix.org).\n",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N"
  }, {
    "type" : "CVSS_V4",
    "score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "matrix-react-sdk"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "3.18.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "3.102.0"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-qcvh-p9jq-wp8v"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47824"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/12618"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/commit/6fc9d7641c51ca3db8225cf58b9d6e6fdd2d6556"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-200" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2024-10-15T18:11:51Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2024-10-15T16:15:05Z"
  }
}