CVE-2025-23197CWE-754

matrix-hookshot has a Potential Denial of Service when Hookshot is configured with GitHub support

Medium · published January 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00452 · 38.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-754 · Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Published
2025-01-27T17:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 JAN 17:21Z
    matrix-hookshot has a Potential Denial of Service when Hookshot is configured with GitHub support
    cvelistv5