ghsa-fh66-fcv5-jjfr
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-10-08 17:51
Modified
2025-10-08 17:51
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Synapse's invalid device keys degrade federation functionality
Details

Impact

Lack of validation for device keys in Synapse before 1.138.3 and in Synapse 1.139.0 allow an attacker registered on the victim homeserver to degrade federation functionality, unpredictably breaking outbound federation to other homeservers.

Patches

Patched in Synapse 1.138.3, 1.138.4, 1.139.1, and 1.139.2.

Note that even though 1.138.3 and 1.139.1 fix the vulnerability, they inadvertently introduced an unrelated regression. For this reason, it is recommend to skip these releases and upgrading straight to 1.138.4 and 1.139.2.

Workarounds

The vulnerability can only be exploited by users registered on the victim homeserver.

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  "affected": [
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        "name": "matrix-synapse"
      },
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-61672"
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1287"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-08T17:51:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-08T15:16:25Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nLack of validation for device keys in Synapse before 1.138.3 and in Synapse 1.139.0 allow an attacker registered on the victim homeserver to degrade federation functionality, unpredictably breaking outbound federation to other homeservers. \n\n### Patches\n\nPatched in Synapse 1.138.3, 1.138.4, 1.139.1, and 1.139.2.\n\nNote that even though 1.138.3 and 1.139.1 fix the vulnerability, they inadvertently introduced an unrelated regression. For this reason, it is recommend to skip these releases and upgrading straight to 1.138.4 and 1.139.2.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThe vulnerability can only be exploited by users registered on the victim homeserver.",
  "id": "GHSA-fh66-fcv5-jjfr",
  "modified": "2025-10-08T17:51:02Z",
  "published": "2025-10-08T17:51:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-fh66-fcv5-jjfr"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61672"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/pull/17097"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/26aaaf9e48fff80cf67a20c691c75d670034b3c1"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/7069636c2d6d1ef2022287addf3ed8b919ef2740"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.2"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Synapse\u0027s invalid device keys degrade federation functionality"
}


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