VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-38690

CVSS score5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

matrix-appservice-irc is a Node.js IRC bridge for Matrix. Prior to version 1.0.1, it is possible to craft a command with newlines which would not be properly parsed. This would mean you could pass a string of commands as a channel name, which would then be run by the IRC bridge bot. Versions 1.0.1 and above are patched. There are no robust workarounds to the bug. One may disable dynamic channels in the config to disable the most common execution method but others may exist.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-20

Primary references