Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere Affecting matrix-synapse package, versions [1.113.0rc1,1.120.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-MATRIXSYNAPSE-8454892
  • published4 Dec 2024
  • disclosed3 Dec 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-53867  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-497  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade matrix-synapse to version 1.120.2 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere via the Sliding Sync feature. An attacker can leak partial room state changes to users no longer in a room by exploiting this feature.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling Sliding Sync.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1