Information Exposure Affecting matrix-synapse package, versions [,1.95.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-MATRIXSYNAPSE-6041983
  • published1 Nov 2023
  • disclosed31 Oct 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-43796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade matrix-synapse to version 1.95.1 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. An attacker can query remote users' device information which can be used to enumerate the remote users known to a homeserver.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by using the federation_domain_whitelist to limit federation traffic with a homeserver.

References

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