MEDIUM
GHSA-fh66-fcv5-jjfr
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 packages
PyPI / matrix-synapse
Introduced in:
0 Fixed in: 1.138.3 Fix
pip install --upgrade 'matrix-synapse>=1.138.3' PyPI / matrix-synapse
Introduced in:
1.139.0rc2 Fixed in: 1.139.1 Fix
pip install --upgrade 'matrix-synapse>=1.139.1' References
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-fh66-fcv5-jjfr [WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61672 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/pull/17097 [WEB]
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/26aaaf9e48fff80cf67a20c691c75d670034b3c1 [WEB]
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/7069636c2d6d1ef2022287addf3ed8b919ef2740 [WEB]
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse [PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.3 [WEB]
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.4 [WEB]
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.1 [WEB]
- https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.2 [WEB]