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CVE

CVE-2025-57738

Apache Syncope allows malicious administrators to inject Groovy code
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CVE

CVE-2025-57738

Apache Syncope allows malicious administrators to inject Groovy code

Apache Syncope offers the ability to extend / customize the base behavior on every deployment by allowing to provide custom implementations of a few Java interfaces; such implementations can be provided either as Java or Groovy classes, with the latter being particularly attractive as the machinery is set for runtime reload.

Such a feature has been available for a while, but recently it was discovered that a malicious administrator can inject Groovy code that can be executed remotely by a running Apache Syncope Core instance.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.14 / 4.0.2, which fix this issue by forcing the Groovy code to run in a sandbox.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
7.2
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
7.2
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Related Resources

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57738, https://github.com/apache/syncope/commit/88c2b5b0be9e2ed66007d672e786165bc266e717, https://github.com/apache/syncope/commit/8b08c4d5785599a0e38830dcff89738b93f02a16, https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SYNCOPE-1907, https://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6, https://syncope.apache.org/security#CVE-2025-57738, http://github.com/apache/syncope, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/20/1

Severity

7.2

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
7.2
EPSS Probability
0.00094%
EPSS Percentile
0.26974%
Introduced Version
4.0.0-M0,3.0.3,2.1.13,3.0.0-M1,2.1.0,3.0.0-M0
Fix Available
4.0.2,3.0.14

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