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Rocket.Chat · Report #1461340

Maliciously crafted message can cause Rocket.Chat server to stop responding

Validstatus
mediumseverity
3upvotes
9 May 2023disclosed

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified where a maliciously crafted message containing a specific chain of characters can cause the chat to enter a hot loop on one of the processes, consuming ~120% CPU and rendering the service unresponsive.

How it was found

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