CVE-2025-61672
Synapse is an open source Matrix homeserver implementation. 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. The issue is 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, the maintainers of Synapse recommend skipping these releases and upgrading straight to 1.138.4 and 1.139.2.
EPSS 0.47% · 40.0th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| element-hq | synapse | < 1.138.3, = 1.139.0 |
| PyPI | matrix-synapse | 0, 1.139.0rc2 |
Timeline
- Jan 21, 1970 Security Advisory
- Oct 7, 2025 CVE Published
- Oct 9, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 16, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 7, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 14, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 21, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 28, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 5, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 13, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/7069636c2d6d1ef2022287addf3ed8b919ef2740 fix
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.3 fix
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.4 fix
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.1 fix
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.2 fix
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/26aaaf9e48fff80cf67a20c691c75d670034b3c1 fix
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/pull/17097 fix
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-fh66-fcv5-jjfr url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61672 advisory
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse package