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CVE-2025-65998 (GCVE-0-2025-65998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-24 13:47 – Updated: 2025-11-24 15:36

Title

Apache Syncope: Default AES key used for internal password encryption

Summary

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-11-24 15:35 UTC

CWE

CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Assigner

apache CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1094 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5o…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/24/1

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Syncope	Affected: 2.1 , ≤ 2.1.14 (semver) Affected: 3.0 , ≤ 3.0.14 (semver) Affected: 4.0 , ≤ 4.0.2 (semver)	guessed

Credits

Clemens Bergmann (Technical University of Darmstadt)

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CNVD-2025-30580

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2025-12-12

Title

Apache Syncope信任管理问题漏洞

Description

Apache Syncope是美国阿帕奇（Apache）基金会的一套用于企业环境中的开源数字身份管理系统。该系统支持身份管理、角色配置等。 Apache Syncope存在信任管理问题漏洞，该漏洞源于使用硬编码AES密钥加密密码，攻击者可利用该漏洞导致密码明文泄露。

Severity

高

Patch Name

Apache Syncope信任管理问题漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Apache Syncope是美国阿帕奇（Apache）基金会的一套用于企业环境中的开源数字身份管理系统。该系统支持身份管理、角色配置等。 Apache Syncope存在信任管理问题漏洞，该漏洞源于使用硬编码AES密钥加密密码，攻击者可利用该漏洞导致密码明文泄露。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

厂商已发布了漏洞修复程序，请及时关注更新： https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts

Reference

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65998

Impacted products

Name
Apache Syncope

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  "isEvent": "\u901a\u7528\u8f6f\u786c\u4ef6\u6f0f\u6d1e",
  "number": "CNVD-2025-30580",
  "openTime": "2025-12-12",
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  "patchName": "Apache Syncope\u4fe1\u4efb\u7ba1\u7406\u95ee\u9898\u6f0f\u6d1e\u7684\u8865\u4e01",
  "products": {
    "product": "Apache Syncope"
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  "referenceLink": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65998",
  "serverity": "\u9ad8",
  "submitTime": "2025-11-27",
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FKIE_CVE-2025-65998

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-11-24 14:15 - Updated: 2026-10-18 20:10

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@apache.org	https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts	Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/24/1	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
apache	syncope	*
apache	syncope	*
apache	syncope	*

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-spring",
          "product": "Apache Syncope",
          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "2.1.14",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "2.1",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "3.0.14",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "3.0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.0.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "4.0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@apache.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "D773E581-822F-4431-BEFB-48BE61A743EC",
              "versionEndIncluding": "2.1.14",
              "versionStartIncluding": "2.1.0",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "DE40E959-C93C-43E0-80AE-4FAB31C47165",
              "versionEndExcluding": "3.0.15",
              "versionStartIncluding": "3.0.0",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "EFD9390D-0F3F-453D-ACCC-BFF74C6D9623",
              "versionEndExcluding": "4.0.3",
              "versionStartIncluding": "4.0.0",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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.\n\nWhen 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.\nThis is not affecting encrypted plain attributes, whose values are also stored using AES encryption.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, which fix this issue."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Apache Syncope puede configurarse para almacenar los valores de las contrase\u00f1as de usuario en la base de datos interna con cifrado AES, aunque esta no es la opci\u00f3n predeterminada.\n\nCuando AES est\u00e1 configurado, el valor de clave predeterminado, codificado de forma r\u00edgida en el c\u00f3digo fuente, se utiliza siempre. Esto permite a un atacante malicioso, una vez obtenido acceso al contenido de la base de datos interna, reconstruir los valores originales de las contrase\u00f1as en texto claro.\nEsto no afecta a los atributos planos cifrados, cuyos valores tambi\u00e9n se almacenan utilizando cifrado AES.\n\nSe recomienda a los usuarios actualizar a la versi\u00f3n 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, que corrige este problema."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-65998",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-18T20:10:00.110",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 3.6,
        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ],
    "ssvcV203": [
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          "options": [
            {
              "exploitation": "none"
            },
            {
              "automatable": "yes"
            },
            {
              "technicalImpact": "partial"
            }
          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "timestamp": "2025-11-24T15:35:31.369551Z",
          "version": "2.0.3"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2025-11-24T14:15:48.417",
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    {
      "source": "security@apache.org",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security@apache.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-321"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@apache.org",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JQG8-M35Q-JH7J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-24 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-25 14:14

Summary

Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.syncope:syncope-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.syncope:syncope-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.15"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-65998"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-321"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-25T14:14:13Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-11-24T14:15:48Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.\n\nWhen 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.\nThis is not affecting encrypted plain attributes, whose values are also stored using AES encryption.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, which fix this issue.",
  "id": "GHSA-jqg8-m35q-jh7j",
  "modified": "2025-11-25T14:14:13Z",
  "published": "2025-11-24T15:30:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65998"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/syncope/commit/297498ebfc86e4996f5e3e4ef7b7f8b1cd82004b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/syncope/commit/9d706af25d2e60327b8b5b63186f9da51ed79a1d"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/syncope"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Apache Syncope\u0027s AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database"
}

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