CVE-2025-65998Apache Syncope can be configured to store the user password values in the internal database with AES encryption, though this is not the default option.
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Apache Syncope can be configured to store the user password values in the internal database with AES encryption, though this is not the default option. When AES is configured, the default key value, hard-coded in the source code, is always used. This allows a malicious attacker, once obtained access to the internal database content, to reconstruct the original cleartext password values. This is not affecting encrypted plain attributes, whose values are also stored using AES encryption. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, which fix this issue.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-321
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
apache syncope apache:syncope | from 2.1.0 through 2.1.14; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.15; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.3 | NVD |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88ctsmailing-list, vendor-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/24/1mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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