CVE-2024-47080

Description

matrix-js-sdk is the Matrix Client-Server SDK for JavaScript and TypeScript. In matrix-js-sdk versions versions 9.11.0 through 34.7.0, the method `MatrixClient.sendSharedHistoryKeys` is vulnerable to interception by malicious homeservers. The method was introduced by MSC3061) and is commonly used to share historical message keys with newly invited users, granting them access to past messages in the room. However, it unconditionally sends these "shared" keys to all of the invited user's devices, regardless of whether the user's cryptographic identity is verified or whether the user's devices are signed by that identity. This allows the attacker to potentially inject its own devices to receive sensitive historical keys without proper security checks. Note that this only affects clients running the SDK with the legacy crypto stack. Clients using the new Rust cryptography stack (i.e. those that call `MatrixClient.initRustCrypto()` instead of `MatrixClient.initCrypto()`) are unaffected by this vulnerability, because `MatrixClient.sendSharedHistoryKeys()` raises an exception in such environments. The vulnerability was fixed in matrix-js-sdk 34.8.0 by removing the vulnerable functionality. As a workaround, remove use of affected functionality from clients.

How to fix CVE-2024-47080

To remediate CVE-2024-47080, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —no fix listed
• —upgrade to 34.8.0 or later

Is CVE-2024-47080 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0
• >= 9.11.0, < 34.8.0

CVSS scores

References (6)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47080
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-47080
• PATCHgithub.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk
• WEBgithub.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/commit/2fb1e659c81f75253c047832dc9dcc2beddfac5f