GHSA-v56r-hwv5-mxg6

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v56r-hwv5-mxg6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/03/GHSA-v56r-hwv5-mxg6/GHSA-v56r-hwv5-mxg6.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-v56r-hwv5-mxg6
Aliases
Published
2025-03-27T18:02:14Z
Modified
2025-10-24T19:53:23.702372Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Synapse vulnerable to federation denial of service via malformed events
Details

Impact

A malicious server can craft events with a depth outside the integer range allowed by Canonical JSON. When such an event is received by Synapse version up to 1.127.0, it prevents it from federating with other servers. The vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.

Patches

Fixed in Synapse v1.127.1.

Workarounds

Closed federation environments of trusted servers or non-federating installations are not affected.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at security at element.io.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-27T01:15:12Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-03-27T18:02:14Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / matrix-synapse

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.127.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.33.5
0.33.5.1
0.33.6rc1
0.33.6
0.33.7rc1
0.33.7rc2
0.33.7
0.33.8rc2
0.33.8
0.33.9
0.34.0rc1
0.34.0rc2
0.34.0
0.34.0.1
0.34.1.1
0.99.0rc1
0.99.0rc2
0.99.0rc3
0.99.0rc4
0.99.0
0.99.1rc1
0.99.1rc2
0.99.1
0.99.1.1
0.99.2rc1
0.99.2
0.99.3rc1
0.99.3
0.99.3.1
0.99.3.2
0.99.4rc1
0.99.4
0.99.5rc1
0.99.5
0.99.5.1
0.99.5.2
1.*
1.0.0rc1
1.0.0rc2
1.0.0rc3
1.0.0
1.1.0rc1
1.1.0rc2
1.1.0
1.2.0rc1
1.2.0rc2
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.3.0rc1
1.3.0
1.3.1
1.4.0rc1
1.4.0rc2
1.4.0
1.4.1rc1
1.4.1
1.5.0rc1
1.5.0rc2
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.6.0rc1
1.6.0rc2
1.6.0
1.6.1
1.7.0rc1
1.7.0rc2
1.7.0
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.8.0rc1
1.8.0
1.9.0.dev1
1.9.0.dev2
1.9.0rc1
1.9.0
1.9.1
1.10.0rc1
1.10.0rc2
1.10.0rc3
1.10.0rc5
1.10.0
1.10.1
1.11.0rc1
1.11.0
1.11.1
1.12.0rc1
1.12.0
1.12.1rc1
1.12.1
1.12.2
1.12.3
1.12.4rc1
1.12.4
1.13.0rc1
1.13.0rc2
1.13.0rc3
1.13.0
1.14.0rc1
1.14.0rc2
1.14.0
1.15.0rc1
1.15.0
1.15.1
1.15.2
1.16.0rc1
1.16.0rc2
1.16.0
1.16.1
1.17.0rc1
1.17.0
1.18.0rc1
1.18.0rc2
1.18.0
1.19.0rc1
1.19.0
1.19.1rc1
1.19.1
1.19.2
1.19.3
1.20.0rc1
1.20.0rc2
1.20.0rc3
1.20.0rc4
1.20.0rc5
1.20.0
1.20.1
1.21.0rc1
1.21.0rc2
1.21.0rc3
1.21.0
1.21.1
1.21.2
1.22.0rc1
1.22.0rc2
1.22.0
1.22.1
1.23.0rc1
1.23.0
1.23.1
1.24.0rc1
1.24.0rc2
1.24.0
1.25.0rc1
1.25.0
1.26.0rc1
1.26.0rc2
1.26.0
1.27.0rc1
1.27.0rc2
1.27.0
1.28.0rc1
1.28.0
1.29.0rc1
1.29.0
1.30.0rc1
1.30.0
1.30.1
1.31.0rc1
1.31.0
1.32.0rc1
1.32.0
1.32.1
1.32.2
1.33.0rc1
1.33.0rc2
1.33.0
1.33.1
1.33.2
1.34.0rc1
1.34.0
1.35.0rc1
1.35.0rc2
1.35.0rc3
1.35.0
1.35.1
1.36.0rc1
1.36.0rc2
1.36.0
1.37.0rc1
1.37.0
1.37.1rc1
1.37.1
1.38.0rc1
1.38.0rc2
1.38.0rc3
1.38.0
1.38.1
1.39.0rc1
1.39.0rc2
1.39.0rc3
1.39.0
1.40.0rc1
1.40.0rc2
1.40.0rc3
1.40.0
1.41.0rc1
1.41.0
1.41.1
1.42.0rc1
1.42.0rc2
1.42.0
1.43.0rc1
1.43.0rc2
1.43.0
1.44.0rc1
1.44.0rc2
1.44.0rc3
1.44.0
1.45.0rc1
1.45.0rc2
1.45.0
1.45.1
1.46.0rc1
1.46.0
1.47.0rc1
1.47.0rc2
1.47.0rc3
1.47.0
1.47.1
1.48.0rc1
1.48.0
1.49.0rc1
1.49.0
1.49.2
1.50.0rc1
1.50.0rc2
1.50.0
1.50.1
1.50.2
1.51.0rc1
1.51.0rc2
1.51.0
1.52.0rc1
1.52.0
1.53.0rc1
1.53.0
1.54.0rc1
1.54.0
1.55.0rc1
1.55.0
1.55.1
1.55.2
1.56.0rc1
1.56.0
1.57.0rc1
1.57.0
1.57.1
1.58.0rc2
1.58.0
1.58.1
1.59.0rc1
1.59.0rc2
1.59.0
1.59.1
1.60.0rc1
1.60.0rc2
1.60.0
1.61.0rc1
1.61.0
1.61.1
1.62.0rc1
1.62.0rc2
1.62.0rc3
1.62.0
1.63.0rc1
1.63.0
1.63.1
1.64.0rc1
1.64.0rc2
1.64.0
1.65.0rc1
1.65.0rc2
1.65.0
1.66.0rc1
1.66.0rc2
1.66.0
1.67.0rc1
1.67.0
1.68.0rc1
1.68.0rc2
1.68.0
1.69.0rc1
1.69.0rc2
1.69.0rc4
1.69.0
1.70.0rc1
1.70.0rc2
1.70.0
1.70.1
1.71.0rc1
1.71.0rc2
1.71.0
1.72.0rc1
1.72.0
1.73.0rc2
1.73.0
1.74.0rc1
1.74.0
1.75.0rc1
1.75.0rc2
1.75.0
1.76.0rc1
1.76.0rc2
1.76.0
1.77.0rc1
1.77.0rc2
1.77.0
1.78.0rc1
1.78.0
1.79.0rc1
1.79.0rc2
1.79.0
1.80.0rc1
1.80.0rc2
1.80.0
1.81.0rc1
1.81.0rc2
1.81.0
1.82.0rc1
1.82.0
1.83.0rc1
1.83.0
1.84.0rc1
1.84.0
1.84.1
1.85.0rc1
1.85.0rc2
1.85.0
1.85.1
1.85.2
1.86.0rc2
1.86.0
1.87.0rc1
1.87.0
1.88.0rc1
1.88.0
1.89.0rc1
1.89.0
1.90.0rc1
1.90.0
1.91.0rc1
1.91.0
1.91.1
1.91.2
1.92.0rc1
1.92.1
1.92.2
1.92.3
1.93.0rc1
1.93.0
1.94.0rc1
1.94.0
1.95.0rc1
1.95.0
1.95.1
1.96.0rc1
1.96.1
1.97.0rc1
1.97.0
1.98.0rc1
1.98.0
1.99.0rc1
1.99.0
1.100.0rc2
1.100.0rc3
1.100.0
1.101.0rc1
1.101.0
1.102.0rc1
1.102.0
1.103.0rc1
1.103.0
1.104.0rc1
1.104.0
1.105.0rc1
1.105.0
1.105.1
1.106.0rc1
1.106.0
1.107.0rc1
1.107.0
1.108.0rc1
1.108.0
1.109.0rc1
1.109.0rc2
1.109.0rc3
1.109.0
1.110.0rc2
1.110.0rc3
1.110.0
1.111.0rc1
1.111.0rc2
1.111.0
1.111.1
1.112.0rc1
1.112.0
1.113.0rc1
1.113.0
1.114.0rc1
1.114.0rc3
1.114.0
1.115.0rc1
1.115.0rc2
1.115.0
1.116.0rc1
1.116.0rc2
1.116.0
1.117.0rc1
1.117.0
1.118.0rc1
1.118.0
1.119.0rc2
1.119.0
1.120.0rc1
1.120.0
1.120.2
1.121.0rc1
1.121.0
1.121.1
1.122.0rc1
1.122.0
1.123.0rc1
1.123.0
1.124.0rc1
1.124.0rc2
1.124.0rc3
1.124.0
1.125.0rc1
1.125.0
1.126.0rc2
1.126.0rc3
1.126.0
1.127.0rc1
1.127.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/03/GHSA-v56r-hwv5-mxg6/GHSA-v56r-hwv5-mxg6.json"