GHSA-xvqg-mv25-rwvw

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Parsing issue in matrix-org/node-irc leading to room takeovers

view advisory published 2022-09-15Licence: CC-BY-4.0

### Impact Attackers can specify a specific string of characters, which would confuse the bridge into combining an attacker-owned channel and an existing channel, allowing them to grant themselves permissions in the channel. ### Patched The vulnerability has been patched in matrix-appservice-irc 0.35.0. ### Workarounds Disable dynamic channel joining via `dynamicChannels.enabled` to prevent users from joining new channels, which prevents any new channels being bridged outside of what is already bridged, and what is specified in the config. ### References - https://matrix.org/blog/2022/09/13/security-release-of-matrix-appservice-irc-0-35-0-high-severity ### Credits Discovered and reported by [Val Lorentz](https://valentin-lorentz.fr/). ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory email us at [security@matrix.org](mailto:security@matrix.org).

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