element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Forwarding media sends the encrypted media into unencrypted rooms
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A-E2EE
A-Media
A-Message-Forwarding
O-Occasional
S-Major
T-Defect
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
1. Upload an image into an encrypted room
2. Forward it into an unencrypted room
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
The image should be sent as if I sent it into the unencrypted room in the first place.
#### What happened instead?
It is sent as an encrypted attachment. This means several clients can't or will refuse to decrypt the image. It also breaks bots and if you are trying to get around broken E2EE or someone not having E2EE, this is not possible using forwards because of this.
### Operating system
Any
### Browser information
Any
### URL for webapp
app.element.io
### Application version
1.11.5
### Homeserver
any
### Will you send logs?
No
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