GHSA-mh74-4m5g-fcjx
Malicious users could abuse Sydent to control the content of invitation emails
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | matrix-sydent | < 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### 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 [email protected].
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/security/advisories/GHSA-mh74-4m5g-fcjx
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29432
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/4469d1d42b2b1612b70638224c07e19623039c42
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/releases/tag/v2.3.0
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-sydent/PYSEC-2021-23.yaml
- https://pypi.org/project/matrix-sydent