CVE-2026-45057

matrix-sdk-ui: Incomplete edit validation

State
Published
Severity
4.9 Medium
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Sep 14, 2026
Reserved
May 8, 2026

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Description

matrix-sdk-ui provides GUI-centric utilities on top of matrix-rust-sdk. The message edit validation logic in the `matrix-sdk-ui` crate prior to 0.17.0 is missing a check: when replacing an encrypted event, the replacement event itself is not required to be encrypted. This enables a malicious homeserver administrators (or actors with equivalent power) to impersonate or spoof messages as if they were sent by a victim user. `matrix-sdk-ui` 0.17.0 fixes the message edit validation logic to align with the algorithm for replacement events[^1] described in the Matrix specification. No known workarounds are available.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Affected Products

ProductVersions
matrix-sdk-uimatrix-org
  • < 0.16.1Affected

References

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