matrix-appservice-bridge provides an API for setting up bridges. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to versions 8.1.2 and 9.0.1, 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. The library does not check that the servername part of the `sub` parameter (containing the user's *claimed* MXID) is the 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. Versions 8.1.2 and 9.0.1 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable the provisioning API.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-08-04T16:34:54.312Z

Updated: 2023-08-04T16:34:54.312Z

Reserved: 2023-07-24T16:19:28.364Z


Link: CVE-2023-38691

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-08-04T17:15:11.063

Modified: 2023-08-11T19:34:52.207


Link: CVE-2023-38691

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