FKIE_CVE-2025-57738

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-20 15:15 - Updated: 2026-10-08 22:10
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6Mailing List, Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/20/1
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache syncope *
apache syncope *
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