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SCA: security update for org.matrix.android:matrix-android-sdk2 (GHSA-2pvj-p485-cp3m)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409024

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - matrix-android-sdk2 is the Matrix SDK for Android. Prior to version 1.5.1, an attacker cooperating with a
 malicious homeserver can construct messages appearing to have come from another person. Such messages will
 be marked with a grey shield on some platforms, but this may be missing in others. This attack is possible
 due to the key forwarding strategy implemented in the matrix-android-sdk2 that is too permissive. Starting
 with version 1.5.1, the default policy for accepting key forwards has been made more strict in the matrix-
 android-sdk2. The matrix-android-sdk2 will now only accept forwarded keys in response to previously issued
 requests and only from own, verified devices. The SDK now sets a `trusted` flag on the decrypted message
 upon decryption, based on whether the key used to decrypt the message was received from a trusted source.
 Clients need to ensure that messages decrypted with a key with `trusted = false` are decorated
 appropriately (for example, by showing a warning for such messages). As a workaroubnd, current users of
 the SDK can disable key forwarding in their forks using `CryptoService#enableKeyGossiping(enable:
 Boolean)`. (CVE-2022-39246)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pvj-p485-cp3m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409024

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39246