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CVE-2026-45056GHSA-WFQ4-36M3-9G42RUSTSEC-2026-0159

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

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.16.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • matrix-org matrix-rust-sdk

    From 0.12.0 · fixed in 0.16.1

  • matrix-sdk-cryptocrates.io

    From 0.12.0 · fixed in 0.16.1

References 4

GitHub · matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk

rustsec.org