# Denial of service attack via push rule patterns in matrix-synapse

Advisory record · `GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85` · `CVE-2021-29471` · `PYSEC-2021-135`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 3.7 Low
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-331](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/331.html) · [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md) · [CWE-331](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-331.md)
- **Published:** 13 May 2021
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 13 May 2021, 20:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `matrix-synapse` (PyPI): affected `<1.33.2`; fixed in `1.33.2`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 3.7 Low, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.016, the 76th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 13 May 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85)
- [OSV: GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85)
- <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29471>
- <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/03318a766cac9f8b053db2214d9c332a977d226c>
- <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse>
- <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.33.2>
- <https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-synapse/PYSEC-2021-135.yaml>
- <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNNAJOZNMVMXM6AS7RFFKB4QLUJ4IFEY>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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