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4 vulnerabilities found for matrix-ios-sdk by matrix-org
CVE-2022-39257 (GCVE-0-2022-39257)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-09-28 20:55 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:54
VLAI?
Title
Matrix iOS SDK vulnerable to impersonation via forwarded Megolm sessions
Summary
Matrix iOS SDK allows developers to build iOS apps compatible with Matrix. Prior to version 0.23.19, an attacker cooperating with a malicious homeserver can construct messages appearing to have come from another person. Such messages will be marked with a grey shield on some platforms, but this may be missing in others. This attack is possible due to the matrix-ios-sdk implementing a too permissive key forwarding strategy. The default policy for accepting key forwards has been made more strict in the matrix-ios-sdk version 0.23.19. matrix-ios-sdk will now only accept forwarded keys in response to previously issued requests and only from own, verified devices. The SDK now sets a `trusted` flag on the decrypted message upon decryption, based on whether the key used to decrypt the message was received from a trusted source. Clients need to ensure that messages decrypted with a key with `trusted = false` are decorated appropriately (for example, by showing a warning for such messages). This attack requires coordination between a malicious home server and an attacker, so those who trust their home servers do not need a workaround.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
Assigner
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CVE-2022-39255 (GCVE-0-2022-39255)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-09-28 20:35 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:54
VLAI?
Title
Matrix iOS SDK vulnerable ton Olm/Megolm protocol confusion
Summary
Matrix iOS SDK allows developers to build iOS apps compatible with Matrix. Prior to version 0.23.19, an attacker cooperating with a malicious homeserver can construct messages that legitimately appear to have come from another person, without any indication such as a grey shield. Additionally, a sophisticated attacker cooperating with a malicious homeserver could employ this vulnerability to perform a targeted attack in order to send fake to-device messages appearing to originate from another user. This can allow, for example, to inject the key backup secret during a self-verification, to make a targeted device start using a malicious key backup spoofed by the homeserver. These attacks are possible due to a protocol confusion vulnerability that accepts to-device messages encrypted with Megolm instead of Olm. matrix-ios-sdk version 0.23.19 has been modified to only accept Olm-encrypted to-device messages. Out of caution, several other checks have been audited or added. This attack requires coordination between a malicious home server and an attacker, so those who trust their home servers do not need a workaround. To avoid malicious backup attacks, one should not verify one's new logins using emoji/QR verifications methods until patched.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
Assigner
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CVE-2022-39257 (GCVE-0-2022-39257)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-28 20:55 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:54
VLAI?
Title
Matrix iOS SDK vulnerable to impersonation via forwarded Megolm sessions
Summary
Matrix iOS SDK allows developers to build iOS apps compatible with Matrix. Prior to version 0.23.19, an attacker cooperating with a malicious homeserver can construct messages appearing to have come from another person. Such messages will be marked with a grey shield on some platforms, but this may be missing in others. This attack is possible due to the matrix-ios-sdk implementing a too permissive key forwarding strategy. The default policy for accepting key forwards has been made more strict in the matrix-ios-sdk version 0.23.19. matrix-ios-sdk will now only accept forwarded keys in response to previously issued requests and only from own, verified devices. The SDK now sets a `trusted` flag on the decrypted message upon decryption, based on whether the key used to decrypt the message was received from a trusted source. Clients need to ensure that messages decrypted with a key with `trusted = false` are decorated appropriately (for example, by showing a warning for such messages). This attack requires coordination between a malicious home server and an attacker, so those who trust their home servers do not need a workaround.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
Assigner
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CVE-2022-39255 (GCVE-0-2022-39255)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-28 20:35 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:54
VLAI?
Title
Matrix iOS SDK vulnerable ton Olm/Megolm protocol confusion
Summary
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Severity ?
8.6 (High)
Assigner
References
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Affected:
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