CVE-2022-39264
nheko vulnerable to secret poisoning using MITM on secret requests by the homeserver
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.6 High
- Published
- Sep 28, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 2, 2022
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.6 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
nhekoNheko-Reborn |
|
References
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