CVE-2025-23197

Summary

CVE-2025-23197 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Matrix bot "matrix-hookshot" versions 6.0.1 and below, as well as 5.4.1 and below. With GitHub support enabled, these versions fail to perform a crucial check, leading to a potential crash upon restart. Malicious untrusted users could exploit this flaw to add their own GitHub organizations, potentially causing disruption to the bot's functionality. This issue is resolved in versions 6.0.2 and 5.4.2.

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