Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting synapse package, versions <1.110.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-SYNAPSE-8489640
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed3 Dec 2024

Introduced: 3 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-37303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-306  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 synapse to version 1.110.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream synapse package and not the synapse package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver. Synapse before version 1.106 allows, by design, unauthenticated remote participants to trigger a download and caching of remote media from a remote homeserver to the local media repository. Such content then also becomes available for download from the local homeserver in an unauthenticated way. The implication is that unauthenticated remote adversaries can use this functionality to plant problematic content into the media repository. Synapse 1.106 introduces a partial mitigation in the form of new endpoints which require authentication for media downloads. The unauthenticated endpoints will be frozen in a future release, closing the attack vector.