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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
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 66.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
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-hookshotmatrix-org
Mixed
Communications / messaging-chat
Matrix HookshotMatrix.org team
Mixed
Communications / messaging-chat
matrix-orgoss-projectDECommunicationsaka synapse, matrix-js-sdk, matrix appservice irc
matrix.org teamoss-projectCommunicationsaka matrix-js-sdk, synapse, matrix hookshot

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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Timeline

Published
Jan 27, 2025
Last Updated
Jan 27, 2025

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