GHSA-mh74-4m5g-fcjx
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-04-19 14:54
Modified
2024-09-24 17:39
Summary
Malicious users could abuse Sydent to control the content of invitation emails
Details

Impact

A malicious user could abuse Sydent to send out arbitrary emails from the Sydent email address. This could be used to construct plausible phishing emails, for example.

Patches

Fixed in 4469d1d, 6b405a8, 65a6e91.

Note that these patches include changes to the default email templates. If these templates have been locally modified, they must also be updated.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "matrix-sydent"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-29432"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-15T20:47:15Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-04-15T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nA malicious user could abuse Sydent to send out arbitrary emails from the Sydent email address. This could be used to construct plausible phishing emails, for example.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in 4469d1d, 6b405a8, 65a6e91.\n\nNote that these patches include changes to the *default* email templates. If these templates have been locally modified, they must also be updated.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.",
  "id": "GHSA-mh74-4m5g-fcjx",
  "modified": "2024-09-24T17:39:02Z",
  "published": "2021-04-19T14:54:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/security/advisories/GHSA-mh74-4m5g-fcjx"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29432"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/4469d1d42b2b1612b70638224c07e19623039c42"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/releases/tag/v2.3.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-sydent/PYSEC-2021-23.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/matrix-sydent"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Malicious users could abuse Sydent to control the content of invitation emails"
}


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