CVE-2024-6303 Missing Authorization in Conduit
Attackers can manipulate room aliases to escalate privileges and perform administrative actions on the Conduit Matrix homeserver.
- 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-2024-6303?
CVE-2024-6303 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in The Conduit Contributors Conduit, published on 25 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing authorization in Client-Server API in Conduit <=0.7.0, allowing for any alias to be removed and added to another room, which can be used for privilege escalation by moving the #admins alias to a room which they control, allowing them to run commands resetting passwords, siging json with the server's key, deactivating users, and more
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6303?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Conduit Conduit.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6303?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6303 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-6303 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6303 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in The Conduit Contributors Conduit
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rjmw-frq7-qf5g.