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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · apacheNVD modified 2026-10-18 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/24/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory