Description
Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. Prior to version 1.94.0, a malicious server ACL event can impact performance temporarily or permanently leading to a persistent denial of service. Homeservers running on a closed federation (which presumably do not need to use server ACLs) are not affected. Server administrators are advised to upgrade to Synapse 1.94.0 or later. As a workaround, rooms with malicious server ACL events can be purged and blocked using the admin API.
Published: 2023-10-10
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-0135 Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. Prior to version 1.94.0, a malicious server ACL event can impact performance temporarily or permanently leading to a persistent denial of service. Homeservers running on a closed federation (which presumably do not need to use server ACLs) are not affected. Server administrators are advised to upgrade to Synapse 1.94.0 or later. As a workaround, rooms with malicious server ACL events can be purged and blocked using the admin API.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5chr-wjw5-3gq4 matrix-synapse vulnerable to denial of service due to malicious server ACL events
History

Wed, 28 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000

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References

Thu, 22 May 2025 06:15:00 +0000


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Fedoraproject Fedora
Matrix Synapse
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:13:47.801Z

Reserved: 2023-10-04T16:02:46.328Z

Link: CVE-2023-45129

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-10T18:15:19.093

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:26:24.017

Link: CVE-2023-45129

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-45129 - Bugzilla

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