CVE-2021-32659

Vulnerability Description

Matrix-appservice-bridge is the bridging service for the Matrix communication program's application services. In versions 2.6.0 and earlier, if a bridge has room upgrade handling turned on in the configuration (the `roomUpgradeOpts` key when instantiating a new `Bridge` instance.), any `m.room.tombstone` event it encounters will be used to unbridge the current room and bridge into the target room. However, the target room `m.room.create` event is not checked to verify if the `predecessor` field contains the previous room. This means that any malicious admin of a bridged room can repoint the traffic to a different room without the new room being aware. Versions 2.6.1 and greater are patched. As a workaround, disabling the automatic room upgrade handling can be done by removing the `roomUpgradeOpts` key from the `Bridge` class options.

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References

• https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/commit/b69e745584a34fcfd8PatchThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/releases/tag/2.6.1PatchThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/security/advisories/GHSA-MitigationThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/commit/b69e745584a34fcfd8PatchThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/releases/tag/2.6.1PatchThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/security/advisories/GHSA-MitigationThird Party Advisory