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Improper authorisation of /members discloses room membership to non-members

Moderate
richvdh published GHSA-3x4c-pq33-4w3q Aug 31, 2021

Package

pip matrix-synapse (pip)

Affected versions

<= 1.41.0

Patched versions

1.41.1, 1.42.0rc1

Description

Impact

Unauthorised users can access the membership (list of members, with their display names) of a room if they know the ID of the room. The vulnerability is limited to rooms with shared history visibility. Furthermore, the unauthorised user must be using an account on a vulnerable homeserver that is in the room.

Patches

Server administrators should upgrade to 1.41.1 or later.

Workarounds

Administrators of servers that use a reverse proxy could, with potentially unacceptable loss of functionality, block the following endpoints:

  • /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{room_id}/members with at query parameter
  • /_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{room_id}/members with at query parameter

References

n/a

For more information

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Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2021-39164

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits