Critical severity · published Feb 2, 2026
CVE-2026-24471
Improper Validation in Conduit-derived homeservers resulting in Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')
9.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
continuwuity is a Matrix homeserver written in Rust. This vulnerability allows an attacker with a malicious remote server to cause the local server to sign an arbitrary event upon user interaction. Upon a user account leaving a room (rejecting an invite), joining a room or knocking on a room, the victim server may ask a remote server for assistance. If the victim asks the attacker server for assistance the attacker is able to provide an arbitrary event, which the victim will sign and return to the attacker. For the /leave endpoint, this works for any event with a supported room version, where the origin and origin_server_ts is set by the victim. For the /join endpoint, an additionally victim-set content field in the format of a join membership is needed. For the /knock endpoint, an additional victim-set content field in the format of a knock membership and a room version not between 1 and 6 is needed. This was exploited as a part of a larger chain against the continuwuity.org homeserver. This vulnerability affects all Conduit-derived servers. This vulnerability is fixed in Continuwuity 0.5.1, Conduit 0.10.11, Grapevine 0aae932b, and Tuwunel 1.4.9.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
continuwuity · continuwuity
< 0.5.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24471
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24471
forgejo.ellis.link
https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity/commit/12aecf809172205436c852a1eaf268c1a2c3a900
github.com
https://github.com/continuwuity/continuwuity/security/advisories/GHSA-m5p2-vccg-8c9v
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