CVE-2021-41281
Path traversal in Matrix Synapse
02 Description
Path traversal in Matrix Synapse
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-11-23 19:15Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 03:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-09-15
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e4641bb2ddd26391c4afd746c960635f857e9db44d9438680c25ee1c5bd1f1d4
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-3hfw-x7gx-437c
- github.comhttps://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/91f2bd090
- github.comhttps://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.47.1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-2f9dcdbacehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N3WY56LCEZ4ZECLWV5KMAXF2PSMUB4F2/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-9758549fcehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EU7QRE55U4IUEDLKT5IYPWL3UXMELFAS/
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- matrix-synapse Fixed in 1.47.1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- matrix-synapse No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- matrix-synapse No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- matrix-synapse No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.