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CVE-2022-36009

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-36009 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting gomatrixserverlib and Dendrite, a Matrix homeserver. It stems from a parsing error in gomatrixserverlib that incorrectly defaults the "events_default" power level to zero, potentially leading to incorrect authorization or rejection of events in Matrix rooms where this power level was customized. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:matrix:dendrite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:matrix:gomatrixserverlib:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/matrix-org/dendriteFixed in: 0.9.3
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlibFixed in: 0.0.0-20220815091947-723fd495dde8

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-grvv-h2f9-7v9cmedium

gomatrixserverlib and Dendrite vulnerable to incorrect parsing of the event default power level in event auth

Aug 30, 2022

References

github.com / matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib/commit/723fd495dde835d078b9f2074b6b62c06dea4575
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib/security/advisories/GHSA-grvv-h2f9-7v9c
Third Party Advisory
matrix.org / docs/guides/moderation
Vendor Advisory