CVE-2025-23197
matrix-hookshot has a Potential Denial of Service when Hookshot is configured with GitHub support
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
Track
*SSVC
Descriptions
matrix-hookshot is a Matrix bot for connecting to external services like GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, and more. When Hookshot 6 version 6.0.1 or below, or Hookshot 5 version 5.4.1 or below, is configured with GitHub support, it is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) whereby it can crash on restart due to a missing check. The impact is greater to you untrusted users can add their own GitHub organizations to Hookshot in order to connect their room to a repository. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.0.2 and 5.4.2.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Track
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Automatable
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Timeline
- 2025-01-13 CVE Reserved
- 2025-01-27 CVE Published
- 2025-02-12 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
CAPEC
References (2)
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| https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-hookshot/commit/e51d8210233ac759e7f7dfebc2c4f1bf6ce94802 | X_refsource_misc | |
| https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-hookshot/security/advisories/GHSA-cr4q-jf47-3645 | X_refsource_confirm |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Matrix-org Search vendor "Matrix-org" | Matrix-hookshot Search vendor "Matrix-org" for product "Matrix-hookshot" | >= 6.0.0 < 6.0.2 Search vendor "Matrix-org" for product "Matrix-hookshot" and version " >= 6.0.0 < 6.0.2" | en |
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| Matrix-org Search vendor "Matrix-org" | Matrix-hookshot Search vendor "Matrix-org" for product "Matrix-hookshot" | < 5.4.2 Search vendor "Matrix-org" for product "Matrix-hookshot" and version " < 5.4.2" | en |
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