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Network-accessible API requires authenticated low-privilege user and knowledge of a non-guessable MongoDB ObjectID (AC:H); deletion causes high integrity loss with no confidentiality or availability impact.
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LibreChat is an enhanced ChatGPT clone that supports multiple AI providers. Prior to 0.8.4-rc1, the DELETE /api/messages/:conversationId/:messageId endpoint allows any authenticated user to delete any other user's messages. The validateMessageReq middleware only validates that the conversationId belongs to the requesting user, but the handler calls deleteMessages({ messageId }) using only the messageId as the MongoDB filter - without adding a user constraint. An attacker provides their own valid conversationId (to pass validation) and the victim's messageId (to target deletion), resulting in permanent, irrecoverable message deletion. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.4-rc1.
AnalysisAI
Broken object-level authorization in LibreChat's message deletion endpoint allows any authenticated user to permanently delete messages belonging to other users. Affected are all LibreChat deployments prior to 0.8.4-rc1. By supplying their own valid conversationId for middleware validation while targeting a victim's messageId in the underlying MongoDB query, an attacker bypasses the per-user authorization check and irreversibly removes arbitrary messages. No public exploit or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis, but the flaw is straightforward to exploit once a valid messageId is obtained.
Technical ContextAI
LibreChat (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:danny-avila:librechat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a Node.js-based self-hosted AI chat frontend supporting multiple LLM providers. The vulnerability resides in the DELETE /api/messages/:conversationId/:messageId REST endpoint. The validateMessageReq middleware correctly checks that the conversationId is owned by the requesting user, but the handler subsequently calls deleteMessages({ messageId }) using only the messageId as the MongoDB filter, omitting a userId constraint. This is a textbook CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) pattern: authorization is validated on one attribute (conversationId) while the privileged operation is executed against a different, unchecked attribute (messageId). Because MongoDB ObjectIDs encode a timestamp and machine identifier rather than sequential integers, guessing them is non-trivial, which maps to the AC:H metric in the provided CVSS vector.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to LibreChat 0.8.4-rc1 or later, which resolves the issue by adding a user ownership constraint to the deleteMessages MongoDB query so that the filter includes both messageId and the authenticated userId. The vendor advisory is at https://github.com/danny-avila/LibreChat/security/advisories/GHSA-8892-xj8q-59xc. If upgrading immediately is not feasible, operators can mitigate by restricting the DELETE /api/messages/:conversationId/:messageId endpoint at the reverse proxy or API gateway layer to prevent cross-user requests - though this may break legitimate single-user deletion workflows and requires careful testing. Alternatively, temporarily disabling message deletion functionality at the application level eliminates the attack surface without affecting read access. Both workarounds introduce usability trade-offs and should be treated as temporary measures until the patch is applied.
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