CVE-2025-57738

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    CVE-2025-57738

    Published: 20 Oct 2025Last Modified: 10 Oct 2026

    Summary: Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution by delegated administrators

    Details: 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.

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 49c2e53ba6baf1423a89b5ab9a24aa665a5780ad

    Affected versions

    syncope-3.0.13
    syncope-3.0.12
    syncope-3.0.11
    syncope-3.0.10
    syncope-3.0.9
    syncope-3.0.8
    syncope-3.0.7
    syncope-3.0.6
    syncope-3.0.5
    syncope-3.0.4
    syncope-3.0.3
    syncope-3.0.2
    syncope-3.0.1
    syncope-3.0.0
    syncope-3.0.0-M2
    syncope-3.0.0-M1
    syncope-3.0.0-M0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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