Description
Synapse is an open source Matrix homeserver implementation. Lack of validation for device keys in Synapse before 1.138.3 and in Synapse 1.139.0 allow an attacker registered on the victim homeserver to degrade federation functionality, unpredictably breaking outbound federation to other homeservers. The issue is patched in Synapse 1.138.3, 1.138.4, 1.139.1, and 1.139.2. Note that even though 1.138.3 and 1.139.1 fix the vulnerability, they inadvertently introduced an unrelated regression. For this reason, the maintainers of Synapse recommend skipping these releases and upgrading straight to 1.138.4 and 1.139.2.
Problem types
CWE-1287: Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
Product status
= 1.139.0
References
github.com/...ynapse/security/advisories/GHSA-fh66-fcv5-jjfr
github.com/element-hq/synapse/pull/17097
github.com/...ommit/26aaaf9e48fff80cf67a20c691c75d670034b3c1
github.com/...ommit/7069636c2d6d1ef2022287addf3ed8b919ef2740
github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.3
github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.1