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CVE-2025-65998

Apache Syncope: Default AES key used for internal password encryption

Published: Nov 24, 2025Updated: Nov 26, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-321
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-321

Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
Apache SyncopeOn-prem
Enterprise Software
apache
oss-project·USaka apache httpd, apache http server
syncopeOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.apache.syncope:syncope-core
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts
lists.apache.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/24/1
openwall.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65998
nvd.nist.gov
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