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Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting matrix-synapse package, versions [,0.34.0.1)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.64% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-MATRIXSYNAPSE-1571835
  • published 30 Aug 2021
  • disclosed 21 Mar 2019
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 21 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-5885 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-255 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade matrix-synapse to version 0.34.0.1 or higher.

Overview

matrix-synapse is an ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials. When the macaroon_secret_key authentication parameter is not set, the application uses a predictable value to derive a secret key and other secrets which could allow remote attackers to impersonate users.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None