CVE-2024-32000

Truncated content of messages can be leaked from matrix-appservice-irc

Published Apr 12, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
matrix-appservice-irc is a Node.js IRC bridge for the Matrix messaging protocol. matrix-appservice-irc before version 2.0.0 can be exploited to leak the truncated body of a message if a malicious user sends a Matrix reply to an event ID they don't have access to. As a precondition to the attack, the malicious user needs to know the event ID of the message they want to leak, as well as to be joined to both the Matrix room and the IRC channel it is bridged to. The message reply containing the leaked message content is visible to IRC channel members when this happens. matrix-appservice-irc 2.0.0 checks whether the user has permission to view an event before constructing a reply. Administrators should upgrade to this version. It's possible to limit the amount of information leaked by setting a reply template that doesn't contain the original message. See these lines `601-604` in the configuration file linked.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-1322 matrix-appservice-irc is a Node.js IRC bridge for the Matrix messaging protocol. matrix-appservice-irc before version 2.0.0 can be exploited to leak the truncated body of a message if a malicious user sends a Matrix reply to an event ID they don't have access to. As a precondition to the attack, the malicious user needs to know the event ID of the message they want to leak, as well as to be joined to both the Matrix room and the IRC channel it is bridged to. The message reply containing the leaked message content is visible to IRC channel members when this happens. matrix-appservice-irc 2.0.0 checks whether the user has permission to view an event before constructing a reply. Administrators should upgrade to this version. It's possible to limit the amount of information leaked by setting a reply template that doesn't contain the original message. See these lines `601-604` in the configuration file linked.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wm4w-7h2q-3pf7 Matrix IRC Bridge truncated content of messages can be leaked
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 1:59 AM
Reserved
Apr 8, 2024, 1:48 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Apr 12, 2024, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:29 AM