Dendrite
CVE-2022-39200
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V11 - Cryptography Signature verification
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| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Dendrite is a Matrix homeserver written in Go. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-347. Dendrite is a Matrix homeserver written in Go. In affected versions events retrieved from a remote homeserver using the /get_missing_events path did not have their signatures verified correctly. This could potentially allow a remote homeserver to provide invalid/modified events to Dendrite via this endpoint. Note that this does not apply to events retrieved through other endpoints (e.g. /event, /state) as they have been correctly verified. Homeservers that have federation disabled are not vulnerable. The problem has been fixed in Dendrite 0.9.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue. Affected products include: Matrix Dendrite.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Dendrite is a Matrix homeserver written in Go. In affected versions events retrieved from a remote homeserver using the /get_missing_events path did not have their signatures verified correctly. This could potentially allow a remote homeserver to provide invalid/modified events to Dendrite via this endpoint. Note that this does not apply to events retrieved through other endpoints (e.g. /event, /state) as they have been correctly verified. Homeservers that have federation disabled are not vulnerable. The problem has been fixed in Dendrite 0.9.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Improper authorization in Dendrite (the Go-based Matrix homeserver) through version 0.13.8 lets any authenticated local
Server-side request forgery in Dendrite through 0.13.8 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to weaponize the server a
Post-leave room state disclosure in Dendrite through 0.13.8 allows authenticated local users to retrieve unfiltered curr
gomatrixserverlib is a Go library for matrix protocol federation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is
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