CVE-2021-32665 Verified groups not reliable
Attackers can bypass device verification in Wire iOS conversations, allowing unverified devices to appear trusted under specific conditions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-32665?
CVE-2021-32665 is a high-severity vulnerability in wireapp wire-ios, published on 3 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
wire-ios is the iOS version of Wire, an open-source secure messaging app. wire-ios versions 3.8.0 and earlier have a bug in which a conversation could be incorrectly set to "unverified. This occurs when: - Self user is added to a new conversation - Self user is added to an existing conversation - All the participants in the conversation were previously marked as verified. The vulnerability is patched in wire-ios version 3.8.1. As a workaround, one can unverify & verify a device in the conversation.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32665?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wire Wire.
How do I fix CVE-2021-32665?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-32665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-32665 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32665 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wireapp wire-ios
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mc3m-xwph-4h9h.