CVE-2023-41335
Temporary storage of plaintext passwords during password changes in matrix synapse
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- GitHub_M
Description
Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. When users update their passwords, the new credentials may be briefly held in the server database. While this doesn't grant the server any added capabilities—it already learns the users' passwords as part of the authentication process—it does disrupt the expectation that passwords won't be stored in the database. As a result, these passwords could inadvertently be captured in database backups for a longer duration. These temporarily stored passwords are automatically erased after a 48-hour window. This issue has been addressed in version 1.93.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected >= 1.66.0, < 1.93.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPImatrix-synapseGHSA-4f74-84v3-j9q5 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-4f74-84v3-j9q5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/16272 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/65QPC55I4D27HIZP7H2NQ34EOXHPP4AO/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2AFB2Y3S2VCPCN5P2XCZTG24MBMZ7DM4/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N6P4QULVUE254WI7XF2LWWOGHCYVFXFY/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-12 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4f74-84v3-j9q5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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