CVE-2021-21393CWE-20

Denial of service (via resource exhaustion) due to improper input validation on groups/communities endpoints

Medium · published April 12, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
2%
Percentile
75.5
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 1.28.0 Synapse is missing input validation of some parameters on the endpoints used to confirm third-party identifiers could cause excessive use of disk space and memory leading to resource exhaustion. Note that the groups feature is not part of the Matrix specification and the chosen maximum lengths are arbitrary. Not all clients might abide by them. Refer to referenced GitHub security advisory for additional details including workarounds.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01596 · 75.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2021-04-12T21:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 APR 21:35Z
    Denial of service (via resource exhaustion) due to improper input validation on groups/communities endpoints
    cvelistv5