GHSA-5mvm-89c9-9gm5: Matrix IRC Bridge allows IRC command injection to own puppeted user

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1. GitHub Advisory Database
2. GitHub Reviewed
3. CVE-2025-27146

Matrix IRC Bridge allows IRC command injection to own puppeted user

Package

npm matrix-appservice-irc (npm)

Affected versions

< 3.0.4

Description

Impact

The matrix-appservice-irc bridge up to version 3.0.3 contains a vulnerability which can lead to arbitrary IRC command execution as the puppeted user. The attacker can only inject commands executed as their own IRC user.

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in matrix-appservice-irc version 3.0.4.

For more information

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

References

• GHSA-5mvm-89c9-9gm5
• matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc@74f02c8

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database

Feb 25, 2025

Last updated

Feb 25, 2025

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