{"id":"CVE-2025-57738","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.\nSuch 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.\nUsers 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.","aliases":["GHSA-825g-mm5v-ggq4"],"modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:40.024209134Z","published":"2025-10-20T14:43:39.985Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/57xxx/CVE-2025-57738.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.1"},{"last_affected":"2.1.14"},{"introduced":"3.0"},{"last_affected":"3.0.13"},{"introduced":"4.0"},{"last_affected":"4.0.1"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}],"cna_assigner":"apache","cwe_ids":["CWE-653"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/20/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/57xxx/CVE-2025-57738.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57738"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/syncope","events":[{"introduced":"49c2e53ba6baf1423a89b5ab9a24aa665a5780ad"},{"fixed":"5967b55326c25ea243da45acc2c9733819973c08"},{"introduced":"b0c019c1256bf433bf60e3211ee8711dae03e6bc"},{"fixed":"e40bae0532af8dd58d354fb83650b72d52314ed8"}],"database_specific":{"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.1.0"},{"fixed":"3.0.14"},{"introduced":"4.0.0"},{"fixed":"4.0.2"}]}}],"versions":["syncope-3.0.13","syncope-4.0.1","syncope-3.0.12","syncope-4.0.0","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","syncope-2.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-57738.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}