High 7.2Published Oct 20, 2025

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

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 12:10 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-653
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: apache
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Nov 4, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope apache_software_foundation:apache_syncope (from the name)	from 2.1 through 2.1.14; from 3.0 through 3.0.13; from 4.0 through 4.0.1	CNA record
apache syncope apache:syncope	from 2.1.0 before 3.0.14; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.2	NVD

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6vendor-advisory, mailing-list, release-notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/20/1

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