CVE-2021-21273CWE-601

Open redirects on some federation and push requests

Low · published February 26, 2021

CVSS v3.1
3.1
EPSS
2%
Percentile
78.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Synapse is a Matrix reference homeserver written in python (pypi package matrix-synapse). Matrix is an ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. In Synapse before version 1.25.0, requests to user provided domains were not restricted to external IP addresses when calculating the key validity for third-party invite events and sending push notifications. This could cause Synapse to make requests to internal infrastructure. The type of request was not controlled by the user, although limited modification of request bodies was possible. For the most thorough protection server administrators should remove the deprecated `federation_ip_range_blacklist` from their settings after upgrading to Synapse v1.25.0 which will result in Synapse using the improved default IP address restrictions. See the new `ip_range_blacklist` and `ip_range_whitelist` settings if more specific control is necessary.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.1 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01800 · 78.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-601 · URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
Published
2021-02-26T17:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 17:25Z
    Open redirects on some federation and push requests
    cvelistv5