CVE-2025-61672

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.

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-1287 CWE-1287

References

Other References

https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/26aaaf9e48fff80cf67a20c691c75d670034b3c1 https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/7069636c2d6d1ef2022287addf3ed8b919ef2740 https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/pull/17097 https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.138.3 https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.139.1 https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-fh66-fcv5-jjfr

Frequently Asked Questions

What is 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.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-61672? +

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