CVE-2021-32659

Summary

Matrix-appservice-bridge is the bridging service for the Matrix communication program's application services. In versions 2.6.0 and earlier, if a bridge has room upgrade handling turned on in the configuration (the roomUpgradeOpts key when instantiating a new Bridge instance.), any m.room.tombstone event it encounters will be used to unbridge the current room and bridge into the target room. However, the target room m.room.create event is not checked to verify if the predecessor field contains the previous room. This means that any malicious admin of a bridged room can repoint the traffic to a different room without the new room being aware. Versions 2.6.1 and greater are patched. As a workaround, disabling the automatic room upgrade handling can be done by removing the roomUpgradeOpts key from the Bridge class options.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
matrix-orgmatrix-appservice-bridge< 2.6.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-306: CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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