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GHSA-WFQ4-36M3-9G42

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-04 14:47 – Updated: 2026-06-04 14:47

Summary

Matrix Rust SDK: Sender-binding gaps in to-device and room-key attribution

Details

Impact

The matrix-sdk-crypto crate before 0.16.1 is missing a check for the sender's user ID when decrypting an Olm-encrypted to-device message containing the sender_device_keys property.

This could be exploited to spoof the sender of an encrypted to-device message, but only if the attacker colludes with (or is) the homeserver operator.

Patches

This issue is fixed in matrix-sdk-crypto 0.16.1.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for the issue.

References

This issue was fixed in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/pull/6553.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at security at matrix.org.

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe `matrix-sdk-crypto` crate before 0.16.1 is missing a check for the sender\u0027s user ID when decrypting an Olm-encrypted to-device message containing the `sender_device_keys` property.\n\nThis could be exploited to spoof the sender of an encrypted to-device message, but only if the attacker colludes with (or is) the homeserver operator.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis issue is fixed in `matrix-sdk-crypto` 0.16.1.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere are no known workarounds for the issue.\n\n### References\n\nThis issue was fixed in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/pull/6553.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [security at matrix.org](mailto:security@matrix.org).",
  "id": "GHSA-wfq4-36m3-9g42",
  "modified": "2026-06-04T14:47:05Z",
  "published": "2026-06-04T14:47:05Z",
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}

CVE-2026-45056 (GCVE-0-2026-45056)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 21:13 – Updated: 2026-09-14 18:17

Title

Matrix Rust SDK: Sender-binding gaps in to-device and room-key attribution

Summary

matrix-sdk-crypto is a no-network-IO implementation of a state machine that handles end-to-end encryption for Matrix clients. Starting in version 0.12.0 and prior to version 0.17.0, the matrix-sdk-crypto crate was missing a check for the user ID when decrypting an Olm-encrypted event containing the `sender_device_keys` property. This could be exploited to forge an encrypted to-device event, but only if the attacker colludes with the homeserver operator. This issue is fixed in matrix-sdk-crypto 0.17.0. There are no known workarounds for the issue.

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-14 16:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/sec…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/pull/6553	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/rel…	x_refsource_MISC
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0159.html	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
matrix-org	matrix-rust-sdk	Affected: >= 0.12.0, < 0.16.1

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rustsec-2026-0159

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec

Published

2026-06-03 12:00

Modified

2026-06-04 12:02

Summary

Sender-binding gaps in to-device messages

Details

The matrix-sdk-crypto crate before 0.16.1 is missing a check for the sender's user ID when decrypting an Olm-encrypted to-device message containing the sender_device_keys property.

This could be exploited to spoof the sender of an encrypted to-device message, but only if the attacker colludes with (or is) the homeserver operator.

References

URL

Type

	https://crates.io/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto	PACKAGE
	https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0159.html	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/sec…	ADVISORY

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      },
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  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0159",
  "modified": "2026-06-04T12:02:36Z",
  "published": "2026-06-03T12:00:00Z",
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Impact

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CVE-2026-45056 (GCVE-0-2026-45056)

rustsec-2026-0159

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec

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