CVE-2023-41335
Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. When users update their passwords, the new credentials may be briefly held in the server database. While this doesn't grant the server any added capabilities—it already learns the users' passwords as part of the authentication process—it does disrupt the expectation that passwords won't be stored in the database. As a result, these passwords could inadvertently be captured in database backups for a longer duration. These temporarily stored passwords are automatically erased after a 48-hour window. This issue has been addressed in version 1.93.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
EPSS 0.12% · 29.8th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora | 37, 38 |
| matrix | synapse | 1.66.0 |
| matrix-org | synapse | >= 1.66.0, < 1.93.0 |
| PyPI | matrix-synapse | 1.66.0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-4f74-84v3-j9q5 (circl)
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/16272 (circl)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65QPC55I4D27HIZP7H2NQ34EOXHPP4AO/ (circl)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AFB2Y3S2VCPCN5P2XCZTG24MBMZ7DM4/ (circl)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6P4QULVUE254WI7XF2LWWOGHCYVFXFY/ (circl)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-12 (circl)
Timeline
- Sep 8, 2023 Fix PR Merged
- Sep 26, 2023 CVE Published
- Sep 27, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 30, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jan 1, 2024 EPSS Score
- Feb 2, 2024 EPSS Score
- Mar 5, 2024 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2024 EPSS Score
- May 8, 2024 EPSS Score
- Jun 8, 2024 EPSS Score
- Jul 10, 2024 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-4f74-84v3-j9q5 url
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/16272 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65QPC55I4D27HIZP7H2NQ34EOXHPP4AO/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AFB2Y3S2VCPCN5P2XCZTG24MBMZ7DM4/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6P4QULVUE254WI7XF2LWWOGHCYVFXFY/ url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-12 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41335 advisory
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/13188 url
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/69b74d9330e42fc91a9c7423d00a06cd6d3732bf url
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse package
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-synapse/PYSEC-2023-185.yaml url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AFB2Y3S2VCPCN5P2XCZTG24MBMZ7DM4 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65QPC55I4D27HIZP7H2NQ34EOXHPP4AO url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6P4QULVUE254WI7XF2LWWOGHCYVFXFY url