CVE-2025-23197

matrix-hookshot has a Potential Denial of Service when Hookshot is configured with GitHub support

Published: Jan 27, 2025Updated: Jan 27, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-754

6.5MEDIUM

Description

matrix-hookshot is a Matrix bot for connecting to external services like GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, and more. When Hookshot 6 version 6.0.1 or below, or Hookshot 5 version 5.4.1 or below, is configured with GitHub support, it is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) whereby it can crash on restart due to a missing check. The impact is greater to you untrusted users can add their own GitHub organizations to Hookshot in order to connect their room to a repository. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.0.2 and 5.4.2.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-754

Affected Products

matrix-org

oss-project·DEaka matrix-js-sdk, matrix appservice irc, synapse

matrix-hookshotOn-prem

Communications / messaging-chat

Matrix.org team

oss-projectaka synapse, matrix hookshot, matrix-js-sdk

Matrix HookshotMixed

Communications / messaging-chat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-hookshot/security/advisories/GHSA-cr4q-jf47-3645

github.com

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-hookshot/commit/e51d8210233ac759e7f7dfebc2c4f1bf6ce94802

github.com

https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-hookshot/latest/hookshot.html

matrix-org.github.io

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