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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
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.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2025-61672
Source
GitHub_M
Published
Oct 8, 2025 at 14:55
Affected Product
Vendor
element-hq
Product
synapse
Version
< 1.138.3
Affected Versions
element-hq synapse < 1.138.3
element-hq synapse = 1.139.0
element-hq synapse = 1.139.0
CWE Classification
References
- github.com /element-hq/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-fh66-fcv5-jjfr
- github.com /element-hq/synapse/pull/17097
- github.com /element-hq/synapse/commit/26aaaf9e48fff80cf67a20c691c75d670034b3c1
- github.com /element-hq/synapse/commit/7069636c2d6d1ef2022287addf3ed8b919ef2740
- github.com /element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.3
- github.com /element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.1