CVE-2025-57738 — Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution by delegated administrators

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation / Apache Syncope	affected 2.1 through 2.1.14; affected 3.0 through 3.0.13; affected 4.0 through 4.0.1

CWE

CWE-653

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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CVE

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/20/1