Description
It is possible to craft a command with newlines which would not be properly parsed. This would mean you could pass a string of commands as a channel name, which would then be run by the IRC bridge bot.
Recommendation
Update the matrix-appservice-irc package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:
- Affected version(s): <= 1.0.0
- Patched version(s): 1.0.1
References
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See something that needs correcting? Let us knowUpdated June 20, 2024