CVE-2024-31208
Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver. A remote Matrix user with malicious intent, sharing a room with Synapse instances before 1.105.1, can dispatch specially crafted events to exploit a weakness in the V2 state resolution algorithm. This can induce high CPU consumption and accumulate excessive data in the database of such instances, resulting in a denial of service. Servers in private federations, or those that do not federate, are not affected. Server administrators should upgrade to 1.105.1 or later. Some workarounds are available. One can ban the malicious users or ACL block servers from the rooms and/or leave the room and purge the room using the admin API.
EPSS 4.19% · 88.9th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | matrix-synapse | 0 |
| matrix | synapse | 0 |
| element-hq | synapse | < 1.105.1 |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 39, 40, 38 |
Timeline
- Jan 21, 1970 Security Advisory
- Apr 23, 2024 CVE Published
- Apr 24, 2024 EPSS Score
- Oct 4, 2024 Coalition ESS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 11, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 12, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-3h7q-rfh9-xm4v url
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/55b0aa847a61774b6a3acdc4b177a20dc019f01a url
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.105.1 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RR53FNHV446CB37TP45GZ6F6HZLZCK3K/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R6FCCO4ODTZ3FDS7TMW76PKOSEL2TQVB/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VSF4NJJSTSQRJQ47PLYYSCFYKJBP7DET/ url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31208 advisory
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse package
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-synapse/PYSEC-2024-50.yaml url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R6FCCO4ODTZ3FDS7TMW76PKOSEL2TQVB url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RR53FNHV446CB37TP45GZ6F6HZLZCK3K url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VSF4NJJSTSQRJQ47PLYYSCFYKJBP7DET url