CVE-2026-42782 (GCVE-0-2026-42782)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-25 14:58 – Updated: 2026-05-25 20:30
VLAI
Title
Apache Syncope: Post-auth RCE via Groovy static
Summary
Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements for Implementations can create a malicious Groovy class containing untrusted code reaching a non-sandboxed execution path via the class static initializer. 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 forcing even the static initializer in Groovy code to run in a sandbox.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-653 - Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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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Credits
Trung Nguyen, CyStack
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