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CVE-2022-39203

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-39203 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting matrix-appservice-irc, an open-source Node.js IRC bridge for Matrix. Attackers can exploit a flaw in channel handling to combine an attacker-controlled channel with an existing one, granting themselves unauthorized permissions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High) due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While a patch is available in version 0.35.0, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.35.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:matrix:matrix_irc_bridge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 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 (2)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: matrix-appservice-ircFixed in: 0.35.0
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-xvqg-mv25-rwvwhigh

Parsing issue in matrix-org/node-irc leading to room takeovers

Sep 15, 2022

References

github.com / matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/security/advisories/GHSA-xvqg-mv25-rwvw
MitigationThird Party Advisory
matrix.org / blog/2022/09/13/security-release-of-matrix-appservice-irc-0-35-0-high-severity
Vendor Advisory