CWE-571
Expression is Always True
The product contains an expression that will always evaluate to true.
CVE-2022-31017 (GCVE-0-2022-31017)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-06-25 08:15
Modified
2025-04-23 18:08
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VLAI Severity ?
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Summary
Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. Versions 2.1.0 through and including 5.2 are vulnerable to a logic error. A stream configured as private with protected history, where new subscribers should not be allowed to see messages sent before they were subscribed, when edited causes the server to incorrectly send an API event that includes the edited message to all of the stream’s current subscribers. This API event is ignored by official clients, but can be observed by using a modified client or the browser’s developer tools. This bug will be fixed in Zulip Server 5.3. There are no known workarounds.
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Mitigation
Phase: Testing
Description:
- Use Static Analysis tools to spot such conditions.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.