Improper Input Validation Affecting matrix-sydent package, versions [,2.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-MATRIXSYDENT-1247369
  • published16 Apr 2021
  • disclosed16 Apr 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-29433  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade matrix-sydent to version 2.3.0 or higher.

Overview

matrix-sydent is a Reference Matrix Identity Verification and Lookup Server

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Missing input validation of some parameters on the endpoints used to confirm third-party identifiers could cause excessive use of disk space and memory leading to resource exhaustion.

References

CVSS Scores

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