CVE-2022-39264
nheko vulnerable to secret poisoning using MITM on secret requests by the homeserver
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Description
nheko is a desktop client for the Matrix communication application. All versions below 0.10.2 are vulnerable homeservers inserting malicious secrets, which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks. Users can upgrade to version 0.10.2 to protect against this issue. As a workaround, one may apply the patch manually, avoid doing verifications of one's own devices, and/or avoid pressing the request button in the settings menu.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/commit/67bee15a389f9b8a9f6c3a340558d1e2319e7199
- https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/security/advisories/GHSA-8jcp-8jq4-5mm7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TA6A5ADUVAYKD3ZFLF2JPZOTIOFJOEU7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YBOL6OOQGPZD2RLYT4EHAWTFXNIHLYEN/
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
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