CVE-2025-66622
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
matrix-sdk-base is the base component to build a Matrix client library. Versions 0.14.1 and prior are unable to handle responses that include custom m.room.join_rules values due to a serialization bug. This can be exploited to cause a denial-of-service condition, if a user is invited to a room with non-standard join rules, the crate's sync process will stall, preventing further processing for all rooms. This is fixed in version 0.16.0.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 1.3–7.5
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-jj6p-3m75-g2p3 matrix-sdk-base denial of service via custom m.room.join_rules event values2025-12-08ghsa · osvUS
The matrix-sdk-base crate is unable to handle responses that include custom m.room.join_rules values due to a serialization bug. This can be exploited to cause a denial-of-service condition, if a user is invited to a room with non-standard join rules, the crate's sync process will stall, preventing further processing for all rooms. ### Patches The issue is fixed in matrix-sdk-base 0.16.0. ### Workarounds Users can leave affected rooms on another client to mitigate the issue. ### References The issue was fixed in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/pull/5924.
- RUSTSEC-2025-0135matrix-sdk-base: Denial of service due to custom `m.room.join_rules` events2025-12-08vendor · osvUS
The matrix-sdk-base crate is unable to handle responses that include custom m.room.join_rules values due to a serialization bug. This can be exploited to cause a denial-of-service condition, if a user is invited to a room with non-standard join rules, the crate's sync process will stall, preventing further processing for all rooms.
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references (13)
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- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/commit/4ea0418abefab2aa93f8851a4d39c723e703e6b0cnnvd
- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/pull/5924cnnvd
- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-jj6p-3m75-g2p3cnnvd
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0135.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/commit/4ea0418abefab2aa93f8851a4d39c723e703e6b0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/pull/5924enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-jj6p-3m75-g2p3enisa_euvd
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