matrix-js-sdk is a Matrix messaging protocol Client-Server SDK for JavaScript. In versions prior to 24.0.0 events sent with special strings in key places can temporarily disrupt or impede the matrix-js-sdk from functioning properly, potentially impacting the consumer's ability to process data safely. Note that the matrix-js-sdk can appear to be operating normally but be excluding or corrupting runtime data presented to the consumer. This vulnerability is distinct from GHSA-rfv9-x7hh-xc32 which covers a similar issue. The issue has been patched in matrix-js-sdk 24.0.0 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVE-2023-28427
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
Score 8.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-03-30. NVD baseline CVSS 8.2; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2023-1061 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-mwq8-fjpf-c2gr (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.2
- EG Score
- 8.2HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 52EG Risk 52/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity82% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.2 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation1.2% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 1.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 67th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (8.2): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.2 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 8.2 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 1.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
March 28, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Sep 8, 2026[SECURITY] [DSA 5392-1] thunderbird security update
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5392Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-36) — Gentoo security
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-36Matrix.org - Security releases: matrix-js-sdk 24.0.0 and matrix-react-sdk 3.69.0
https://matrix.org/blog/2023/03/28/security-releases-matrix-js-sdk-24-0-0-and-matrix-react-sdk-3-69-0[SECURITY] [DLA 3400-1] thunderbird security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00027.htmlPrototype pollution in matrix-js-sdk (part 2) · Advisory · matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk · GitHub
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-mwq8-fjpf-c2grPatch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el9_1 | 2023-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_1 | 2023-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_2 | 2023-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el9_0 | 2023-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el7_9 | 2023-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_7 | 2023-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_4 | 2023-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_6 | 2023-04-17 | redhat |
| npm | matrix-js-sdk @ 24.0.0 (fixes < 24.0.0) | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(7 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| node-matrix-js-sdk | 9.11.0+~cs9.9.16-1, 9.11.0+~cs9.9.16-2, 9.3.0+~cs9.9.16-2, 9.7.0~~rc1+~cs9.9.16-1, 9.7.0~~rc1+~cs9.9.16-2 |
| — |
| thunderbird | 1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (112 versions) |
| — |
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | 1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (235 versions) |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — |
| — |
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| matrix-js-sdk | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(8)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1802IMPORTANT2023-03-28
RHSA-2023:1802 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1803IMPORTANT2023-03-28
RHSA-2023:1803 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1804IMPORTANT2023-03-28
RHSA-2023:1804 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1805IMPORTANT2023-03-28
RHSA-2023:1805 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1806IMPORTANT2023-03-28
RHSA-2023:1806 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1809IMPORTANT2023-03-28
RHSA-2023:1809 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1810IMPORTANT2023-03-28
RHSA-2023:1810 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1811IMPORTANT2023-03-28
RHSA-2023:1811 — Important
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 40× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 98 of 216 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 2 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 118 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-11-01 08:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-01 08:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mwq8-fjpf-c2gr · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.2
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