9 - CVE-2023-43656

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2023-43656	First vendor Publication	2023-09-27
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score	9
Base Score	9	Environmental Score	9
impact SubScore	6	Temporal Score	9
Exploitabality Sub Score	2.2

Attack Vector	Network	Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	None	User Interaction	None
Scope	Changed	Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High	Availability Impact	High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
Cvss Base Score	N/A	Attack Range	N/A
Cvss Impact Score	N/A	Attack Complexity	N/A
Cvss Expoit Score	N/A	Authentication	N/A
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Detail

matrix-hookshot is a Matrix bot for connecting to external services like GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, and more. Instances that have enabled transformation functions (those that have `generic.allowJsTransformationFunctions` in their config), may be vulnerable to an attack where it is possible to break out of the `vm2` sandbox and as a result Hookshot will be vulnerable to this. This problem is only likely to affect users who have allowed untrusted users to apply their own transformation functions. If you have only enabled a limited set of trusted users, this threat is reduced (though not eliminated). Version 4.5.0 and above of hookshot include a new sandbox library which should better protect users. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable `generic.allowJsTransformationFunctions` in the config.