CVE-2023-32323

MEDIUM

Synapse <= 1.73 - Denial of Service via Oversized invite_room_state Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. A malicious user on a Synapse homeserver X with permission to create certain state events can disable outbound federation from X to an arbitrary homeserver Y. Synapse instances with federation disabled are not affected. In versions of Synapse up to and including 1.73, Synapse did not limit the size of `invite_room_state`, meaning that it was possible to create an arbitrarily large invite event. Synapse 1.74 refuses to create oversized `invite_room_state` fields. Server operators should upgrade to Synapse 1.74 or newer urgently.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0
EPSS 0.0098
EPSS Percentile 57.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
matrix/synapse < 1.74.0
pypi/matrix-synapse 0 - 1.74.0PyPI
Published May 26, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026