CVE-2021-40824 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in Element
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 52.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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📄Research Papers
1arXiv
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