CWE-202
Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries
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CVE-2026-42797 (GCVE-0-2026-42797)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-25 15:00 – Updated: 2026-05-25 20:30
VLAI
Title
Apache Syncope: JexlContextBuilder Information Disclosure
Summary
Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries vulnerability in Apache Syncope.
An administrator with adequate entitlements for Derived Schemas can create a malicious JEXL expression which allows any administrator with sufficient entitlements for User read to access User-related security-sensitive information.
This issue affects Apache Syncope: 3.0 through 3.0.16, 4.0 through 4.0.5, 4.1.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.6 / 4.1.1, which fix this issue by further restricting the JEXL expression definition.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-202 - Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/5y7d277sntyytrmxn… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Syncope |
Affected:
3.0 , ≤ 3.0.16
(semver)
Affected: 4.0 , ≤ 4.0.5 (semver) Affected: 4.1 , ≤ 4.1.0 (semver) |
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Mitigation
Phase: Architecture and Design
Description:
- This is a complex topic. See the [REF-1492] for a good discussion of best practices.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.