CVE-2022-39264 — nheko vulnerable to secret poisoning using MITM on secret requests by the homeserver
nheko is a desktop client for the Matrix communication application. All versions below 0.10.2 are vulnerable homeservers inserting malicious secrets, which could lead to man-in-…
Published: 2022-09-28 · CVSS: 8.6 · CVSS 3.1
nheko is a desktop client for the Matrix communication application. All versions below 0.10.2 are vulnerable homeservers inserting malicious secrets, which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks. Users can upgrade to version 0.10.2 to protect against this issue. As a workaround, one may apply the patch manually, avoid doing verifications of one's own devices, and/or avoid pressing the request button in the settings menu.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7