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MEDIUM4.3

PYSEC-2026-1610

Synapse Matrix has a partial room state leak via Sliding Sync

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-1610 — matrix-synapse: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'matrix-synapse>=1.120.1'

Details

### Impact The Sliding Sync feature on Synapse versions between 1.113.0rc1 and 1.120.0 can leak partial room state changes to users no longer in a room. Non-state events, like messages, are unaffected.

### Patches Synapse version 1.120.1 fixes the problem.

### Workarounds Disable Sliding Sync.

### References https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/4186 https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/d80cd57c54427687afcb48740d99219c88a0fff1/synapse/config/experimental.py#L341-L344

### For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [security at element.io](mailto:security@element.io).

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Affected packages

PyPI/matrix-synapse
Introduced in: 1.113.0rc1Fixed in: 1.120.1
Fixpip install --upgrade 'matrix-synapse>=1.120.1'

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