diff --git a/synapse/handlers/admin.py b/synapse/handlers/admin.py
index 85157a138b..00ab5e79bf 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/admin.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/admin.py
@@ -55,21 +55,47 @@ class AdminHandler:
async def get_user(self, user: UserID) -> Optional[JsonDict]:
"""Function to get user details"""
- ret = await self.store.get_user_by_id(user.to_string())
- if ret:
- profile = await self.store.get_profileinfo(user.localpart)
- threepids = await self.store.user_get_threepids(user.to_string())
- external_ids = [
- ({"auth_provider": auth_provider, "external_id": external_id})
- for auth_provider, external_id in await self.store.get_external_ids_by_user(
- user.to_string()
- )
- ]
- ret["displayname"] = profile.display_name
- ret["avatar_url"] = profile.avatar_url
- ret["threepids"] = threepids
- ret["external_ids"] = external_ids
- return ret
+ user_info_dict = await self.store.get_user_by_id(user.to_string())
+ if user_info_dict is None:
+ return None
+
+ # Restrict returned information to a known set of fields. This prevents additional
+ # fields added to get_user_by_id from modifying Synapse's external API surface.
+ user_info_to_return = {
+ "name",
+ "admin",
+ "deactivated",
+ "shadow_banned",
+ "creation_ts",
+ "appservice_id",
+ "consent_server_notice_sent",
+ "consent_version",
+ "user_type",
+ "is_guest",
+ }
+
+ # Restrict returned keys to a known set.
+ user_info_dict = {
+ key: value
+ for key, value in user_info_dict.items()
+ if key in user_info_to_return
+ }
+
+ # Add additional user metadata
+ profile = await self.store.get_profileinfo(user.localpart)
+ threepids = await self.store.user_get_threepids(user.to_string())
+ external_ids = [
+ ({"auth_provider": auth_provider, "external_id": external_id})
+ for auth_provider, external_id in await self.store.get_external_ids_by_user(
+ user.to_string()
+ )
+ ]
+ user_info_dict["displayname"] = profile.display_name
+ user_info_dict["avatar_url"] = profile.avatar_url
+ user_info_dict["threepids"] = threepids
+ user_info_dict["external_ids"] = external_ids
+
+ return user_info_dict
async def export_user_data(self, user_id: str, writer: "ExfiltrationWriter") -> Any:
"""Write all data we have on the user to the given writer.
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