High severity · published Oct 20, 2025
CVE-2025-57738
Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution by delegated administrators
7.2
CVSS
23.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.2% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Apache Syncope · Apache Software Foundation
2.1 through 2.1.14; 3.0 through 3.0.13; 4.0 through 4.0.1 · source: vendor
SY
Syncope · Apache
2.1.0 before 3.0.14; 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57738
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-57738
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/20/1
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