# CVE-2024-52602: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) on redirects and federation in Matrix Media Repo


- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r6jg-jfv6-2fjv, GO-2025-3399

## What is CVE-2024-52602?

CVE-2024-52602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in t2bot matrix-media-repo, published on 16 Jan 2025. 

### Official description

Matrix Media Repo (MMR) is a highly configurable multi-homeserver media repository for Matrix. Matrix Media Repo (MMR) is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, serving content from a private network it can access, under certain conditions. This is fixed in MMR v1.3.8. Users are advised to upgrade. Restricting which hosts MMR is allowed to contact via (local) firewall rules or a transparent proxy and may provide a workaround for users unable to upgrade.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52602?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/t2bot/matrix-media-repo. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `github.com/t2bot/matrix-media-repo` | Go | All versions | 1.3.8 |
| `github.com/t2bot/matrix-media-repo` | Go | All versions | 1.3.8 |
| `github.com/t2bot/matrix-media-repo` | Go | All versions | 1.3.8 |

Products: T2bot Matrix-Media-Repo.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52602?

Upgrade github.com/t2bot/matrix-media-repo to 1.3.8 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-52602 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-52602 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in t2bot matrix-media-repo

- [CVE-2024-56515](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56515/): Untrusted file formats can be thumbnailed, invoking potentially further untrusted decoders in Matrix Media Repo (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-36402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36402/): Unauthenticated writes to the media repository allow planting of problematic content in Matrix Media Repo (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-36403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36403/): Denial of service/high operating costs through unauthenticated downloads in Matrix Media Repo (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-52791](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52791/): Denial of service through memory exhaustion in Matrix Media Repo (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52602 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in t2bot matrix-media-repo, published on 16 Jan 2025. 
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-52602 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- github.com/t2bot/matrix-media-repo (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.3.8
- github.com/t2bot/matrix-media-repo (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.3.8
- github.com/t2bot/matrix-media-repo (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.3.8

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52602/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52602/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52602
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52602
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52602

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52602/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.