CVE-2022-39264

Description

nheko is a desktop client for the Matrix communication application. All versions below 0.10.2 are vulnerable homeservers inserting malicious secrets, which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks. Users can upgrade to version 0.10.2 to protect against this issue. As a workaround, one may apply the patch manually, avoid doing verifications of one's own devices, and/or avoid pressing the request button in the settings menu.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YBOL6OOQGPZD2RLYT4EHAWTFXNIHLYEN/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TA6A5ADUVAYKD3ZFLF2JPZOTIOFJOEU7/

https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/security/advisories/GHSA-8jcp-8jq4-5mm7

https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/releases/tag/v0.10.2

https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/commit/67bee15a389f9b8a9f6c3a340558d1e2319e7199

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3