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CVE-2021-40824

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.9 Published: 2021-09-13 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A logic error in the room key sharing functionality of Element Android before 1.2.2 and matrix-android-sdk2 (aka Matrix SDK for Android) before 1.2.2 allows a malicious Matrix homeserver present in an encrypted room to steal room encryption keys (via crafted Matrix protocol messages) that were originally sent by affected Matrix clients participating in that room. This allows the attacker to decrypt end-to-end encrypted messages sent by affected clients.

Affected Platforms

Matrix Matrix-Android-Sdk2Matrix Element

Weakness Type

CWE-290

References