VYPR
Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 4, 2023· Updated Oct 7, 2024

matrix-appservice-bridge doesn't verify the sub parameter of an openId token exhange, allowing unauthorized access to provisioning APIs

CVE-2023-38691

Description

matrix-appservice-bridge provides an API for setting up bridges. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to versions 8.1.2 and 9.0.1, a malicious Matrix server can use a foreign user's MXID in an OpenID exchange, allowing a bad actor to impersonate users when using the provisioning API. The library does not check that the servername part of the sub parameter (containing the user's *claimed* MXID) is the the same as the servername we are talking to. A malicious actor could spin up a server on any given domain, respond with a sub parameter according to the user they want to act as and use the resulting token to perform provisioning requests. Versions 8.1.2 and 9.0.1 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable the provisioning API.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
matrix-appservice-bridgenpm
>= 4.0.0, < 8.1.28.1.2
matrix-appservice-bridgenpm
>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.19.0.1

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