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-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/directory.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/directory.py b/synapse/handlers/directory.py
index f76febee8f..e41a688836 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/directory.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.types import RoomAlias
 
 import logging
+import string
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
     def _create_association(self, room_alias, room_id, servers=None):
         # general association creation for both human users and app services
 
+        for wchar in string.whitespace:
+                if wchar in room_alias.localpart:
+                    raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid characters in room alias")
+
         if not self.hs.is_mine(room_alias):
             raise SynapseError(400, "Room alias must be local")
             # TODO(erikj): Change this.