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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS12YzdqLWg4eGctZnY1eM4AA1Df

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

Impact

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.

Details

The library does not check that the servername part of the sub parameter (containing the user's claimed MXID) is 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.

Workarounds

Disable the provisioning API. If the bridge does not use the provisioning API, you are not vulnerable.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vc7j-h8xg-fv5x
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: 9 months ago
Updated: 6 months ago

CVSS Score: 5.0
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-vc7j-h8xg-fv5x, CVE-2023-38691
References:

• https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/security/advisories/GHSA-vc7j-h8xg-fv5x
• https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/commit/4c6723a5e7beda65cdf1ae5dbb882e8beaac8552
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38691
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vc7j-h8xg-fv5x

Repository: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge
Blast Radius: 13.4

Affected Packages