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Low · 3.5 CVE-2023-32683 EUVD-2023-0141GHSA-98px-6486-j7qcPYSEC-2023-85

URL deny list bypass via oEmbed and image URLs when generating previews in Synapse

Published Jun 6, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Synapse is a Matrix protocol homeserver written in Python with the Twisted framework. A discovered oEmbed or image URL can bypass the `url_preview_url_blacklist` setting potentially allowing server side request forgery or bypassing network policies. Impact is limited to IP addresses allowed by the `url_preview_ip_range_blacklist` setting (by default this only allows public IPs) and by the limited information returned to the client: 1. For discovered oEmbed URLs, any non-JSON response or a JSON response which includes non-oEmbed information is discarded. 2. For discovered image URLs, any non-image response is discarded. Systems which have URL preview disabled (via the `url_preview_enabled` setting) or have not configured a `url_preview_url_blacklist` are not affected. This issue has been addressed in version 1.85.0. Users are advised to upgrade. User unable to upgrade may also disable URL previews.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
matrix-org synapse < 1.85.0 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed matrix-synapse 1.85.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13039-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 synapse 1.85.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 synapse 1.85.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 synapse 1.85.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 synapse 1.85.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 synapse 1.85.1-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 synapse 1.85.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 synapse 1.85.1-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI matrix-synapse < 1.85.0 1.85.0 GHSA-98px-6486-j7qc

Advisories 2

References