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GHSA-5MVM-89C9-9GM5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-25 18:29 – Updated: 2025-02-25 21:46

Summary

Matrix IRC Bridge allows IRC command injection to own puppeted user

Details

Impact

The matrix-appservice-irc bridge up to version 3.0.3 contains a vulnerability which can lead to arbitrary IRC command execution as the puppeted user. The attacker can only inject commands executed as their own IRC user.

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in matrix-appservice-irc version 3.0.4.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at security at matrix.org.

Severity

2.7 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-5mvm-89c9-9gm5",
  "modified": "2025-02-25T21:46:09Z",
  "published": "2025-02-25T18:29:34Z",
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}

CVE-2025-27146 (GCVE-0-2025-27146)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-25 20:04 – Updated: 2025-02-25 20:33

Title

Matrix IRC Bridge allows IRC command injection to own puppeted user

Summary

matrix-appservice-irc is a Node.js IRC bridge for Matrix. The matrix-appservice-irc bridge up to version 3.0.3 contains a vulnerability which can lead to arbitrary IRC command execution as the puppeted user. The attacker can only inject commands executed as their own IRC user. The vulnerability has been patched in matrix-appservice-irc version 3.0.4.

Severity

2.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-25 20:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7606 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-i…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-i…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
matrix-org	matrix-appservice-irc	Affected: < 3.0.4

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