CVE catalog
CVE-2021-21274
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21274
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.16% · Oct 25, 2026
Synapse is a Matrix reference homeserver written in python (pypi package matrix-synapse). Matrix is an ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. In Synapse before version 1.25.0, a malicious homeserver could redirect requests to their .well-known file to a large file. This can lead to a denial of service attack where homeservers will consume significantly more resources when requesting the .well-known file of a malicious homeserver. This affects any server which accepts federation requests from untrusted servers. Issue is resolved in version 1.25.0. As a workaround the `federation_domain_whitelist` setting can be used to restrict the homeservers communicated with over federation.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 0.19.2+dfsg-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 0.24.0+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 0.24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 0.24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.3.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.4.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.5.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.5.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.6.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.6.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.7.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.7.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.7.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.7.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.8.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.9.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.9.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.10.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.10.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.11.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | matrix-synapse | pro | 1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed: