CVE-2025-62425
HIGHMAS <1.4.0 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
MAS (Matrix Authentication Service) is a user management and authentication service for Matrix homeservers, written and maintained by Element. A logic flaw in matrix-authentication-service 0.20.0 through 1.4.0 allows an attacker with access to an authenticated MAS session to perform sensitive operations without entering the current password. These include changing the current password, adding or removing an e-mail address and deactivating the account. The vulnerability only affects instances which have the local password database feature enabled (passwords section in the config). Patched in matrix-authentication-service 1.4.1.
Scores
CVSS v3
8.3
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
24.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-620
Status
draft
Timeline
Published
Oct 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026