Improper Access Control Affecting matrix-appservice-irc package, versions <0.35.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-MATRIXAPPSERVICEIRC-3022999
  • published14 Sept 2022
  • disclosed14 Sept 2022
  • creditVal Lorentz

Introduced: 14 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-39202  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade matrix-appservice-irc to version 0.35.0 or higher.

Overview

matrix-appservice-irc is an An IRC Bridge for Matrix

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control due to improper parsing of modes bug in the upstream matrix-org-irc package, which might result in assigning permissions to the wrong user.

CVSS Scores

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