CVE-2023-32683

URL deny list bypass via oEmbed and image URLs when generating previews in Synapse

State
Published
Severity
3.5 Low
Published
Jun 6, 2023
Updated
Feb 13, 2025
Reserved
May 11, 2023

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Description

Synapse is a Matrix protocol homeserver written in Python with the Twisted framework. A discovered oEmbed or image URL can bypass the `url_preview_url_blacklist` setting potentially allowing server side request forgery or bypassing network policies. Impact is limited to IP addresses allowed by the `url_preview_ip_range_blacklist` setting (by default this only allows public IPs) and by the limited information returned to the client: 1. For discovered oEmbed URLs, any non-JSON response or a JSON response which includes non-oEmbed information is discarded. 2. For discovered image URLs, any non-image response is discarded. Systems which have URL preview disabled (via the `url_preview_enabled` setting) or have not configured a `url_preview_url_blacklist` are not affected. This issue has been addressed in version 1.85.0. Users are advised to upgrade. User unable to upgrade may also disable URL previews.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.13.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
synapsematrix-org
  • < 1.85.0Affected

References

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