CVE-2023-42453
Improper validation of receipts allows forged read receipts in matrix synapse
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. Users were able to forge read receipts for any event (if they knew the room ID and event ID). Note that the users were not able to view the events, but simply mark it as read. This could be confusing as clients will show the event as read by the user, even if they are not in the room. This issue has been patched 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 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected >= 0.34.0, < 1.93.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPImatrix-synapseGHSA-7565-cq32-vx2x (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-7565-cq32-vx2x (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/16327 (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-7565-cq32-vx2x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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