CVE-2021-40824Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in Element

Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 52.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 13
Latest updateDec 7

Description

A logic error in the room key sharing functionality of Element Android before 1.2.2 and matrix-android-sdk2 (aka Matrix SDK for Android) before 1.2.2 allows a malicious Matrix homeserver present in an encrypted room to steal room encryption keys (via crafted Matrix protocol messages) that were originally sent by affected Matrix clients participating in that room. This allows the attacker to decrypt end-to-end encrypted messages sent by affected clients.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Logic error in Matrix SDK for Android2022-05-24
GHSA
Logic error in Matrix SDK for Android2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2021-40824: A logic error in the room key sharing functionality of Element Android before 12021-09-13

📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
The Matrix Reloaded: A Mechanized Formal Analysis of the Matrix Cryptographic Suite2024-12-07
CVE-2021-40824 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing | cvebase