SCA: security update for matrix-synapse (GHSA-p9qp-c452-f9r7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417431

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. If
Synapse and a malicious homeserver are both joined to the same room, the malicious homeserver can trick
Synapse into accepting previously rejected events into its view of the current state of that room. This
can be exploited in a way that causes all further messages and state changes sent in that room from the
vulnerable homeserver to be rejected. This issue has been patched in version 1.68.0 (CVE-2022-39374)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9qp-c452-f9r7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417431

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39374

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39374

cwe: CWE-400