CVE-2023-41335 LOW

CVE-2023-41335: Temporary storage of plaintext passwords during password changes in matrix synapse

Vendor Matrix-Org
Product synapse
Weakness CWE-312 · Cleartext storage
Published September 26, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025

CVSS base score

3.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. When users update their passwords, the new credentials may be briefly held in the server database. While this doesn't grant the server any added capabilities—it already learns the users' passwords as part of the authentication process—it does disrupt the expectation that passwords won't be stored in the database. As a result, these passwords could inadvertently be captured in database backups for a longer duration. These temporarily stored passwords are automatically erased after a 48-hour window. This issue has been addressed in version 1.93.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 26, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated