diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 74f3790f25..caad9ae2dd 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
self._supported_login_types = login_types
self._account_ratelimiter = Ratelimiter()
+ self._failed_attempts_ratelimiter = Ratelimiter()
self._clock = self.hs.get_clock()
@@ -729,9 +730,16 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
if not known_login_type:
raise SynapseError(400, "Unknown login type %s" % login_type)
- # unknown username or invalid password. We raise a 403 here, but note
- # that if we're doing user-interactive login, it turns all LoginErrors
- # into a 401 anyway.
+ # unknown username or invalid password.
+ self._failed_attempts_ratelimiter.ratelimit(
+ qualified_user_id.lower(), time_now_s=self._clock.time(),
+ rate_hz=self.hs.config.rc_login_failed_attempts.per_second,
+ burst_count=self.hs.config.rc_login_failed_attempts.burst_count,
+ update=True,
+ )
+
+ # We raise a 403 here, but note that if we're doing user-interactive
+ # login, it turns all LoginErrors into a 401 anyway.
raise LoginError(
403, "Invalid password",
errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN
@@ -956,13 +964,23 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
def ratelimit_login_per_account(self, user_id):
"""Checks whether the process must be stopped because of ratelimiting.
+ Checks against two ratelimiters: the generic one for login attempts per
+ account and the one specific to failed attempts.
+
Args:
user_id (unicode): complete @user:id
Raises:
- LimitExceededError if the ratelimiter's login requests count for this
- user is too high too proceed.
+ LimitExceededError if one of the ratelimiters' login requests count
+ for this user is too high too proceed.
"""
+ self._failed_attempts_ratelimiter.ratelimit(
+ user_id.lower(), time_now_s=self._clock.time(),
+ rate_hz=self.hs.config.rc_login_failed_attempts.per_second,
+ burst_count=self.hs.config.rc_login_failed_attempts.burst_count,
+ update=False,
+ )
+
self._account_ratelimiter.ratelimit(
user_id.lower(), time_now_s=self._clock.time(),
rate_hz=self.hs.config.rc_login_account.per_second,
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