Description
Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. If Synapse and a malicious homeserver are both joined to the same room, the malicious homeserver can trick Synapse into accepting previously rejected events into its view of the current state of that room. This can be exploited in a way that causes all further messages and state changes sent in that room from the vulnerable homeserver to be rejected. This issue has been patched in version 1.68.0
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| matrix-org | synapse | >= 1.62.0, < 1.68.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | matrix-synapse | 1.53.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | USN-7444-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | matrix-synapse | 1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | USN-7444-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | matrix-synapse | 0.24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm4 | USN-7444-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | synapse | 1.68.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | synapse | 1.68.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | synapse | 1.68.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | synapse | 1.68.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | synapse | 1.68.0-r0 | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | synapse | 1.68.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | synapse | 1.70.1-r0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | matrix-synapse | >= 1.62.0, < 1.68.0rc1 | 1.68.0rc1 | GHSA-p9qp-c452-f9r7 |
| PyPI | matrix-synapse | >= 1.62.0, < 1.68.0 | 1.68.0 | PYSEC-2023-66 |
Advisories 1
- USN-7444-1 matrix-synapse vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Apr 27, 2026