Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution by delegated administrators

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-57738",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution by delegated administrators",
    "summary": "Apache Syncope offers the ability to extend / customize the base behavior on every deployment by allowing to provide custom implementations of a few Java interfaces; such implementations can be provided either as Java or Groovy classes, with the latter being particularly attractive as the machinery is set for runtime reload. Such a feature has been available for a while, but recently it was discovered that a malicious administrator can inject Groovy code that can be executed remotely by a running Apache Syncope Core instance. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.14 / 4.0.2, which fix this issue by forcing the Groovy code to run in a sandbox.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-57738",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-57738",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-57738",
        "GHSA-825g-mm5v-ggq4"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/syncope",
              "type": "GIT",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "3.0.14"
                      }
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                  {
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                        "introduced": "4.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.0.2"
                      }
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                  }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "syncope-3.0.13",
            "syncope-4.0.1",
            "syncope-3.0.12",
            "syncope-4.0.0",
            "syncope-3.0.11",
            "syncope-3.0.10",
            "syncope-3.0.9",
            "syncope-3.0.8",
            "syncope-3.0.7",
            "syncope-3.0.6",
            "syncope-3.0.5",
            "syncope-3.0.4",
            "syncope-3.0.3",
            "syncope-3.0.2",
            "syncope-3.0.1",
            "syncope-3.0.0",
            "syncope-3.0.0-M2",
            "syncope-3.0.0-M1",
            "syncope-3.0.0-M0",
            "syncope-2.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-57738.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:33.911807274Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/57xxx/CVE-2025-57738.json",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57738"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-653"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "apache",
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            "extracted_events": [
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                "range": [
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                    "introduced": "2.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.1.14"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "3.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "3.0.13"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "4.0.1"
                  }
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        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/57xxx/CVE-2025-57738.json"
      }
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2025-57738",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 501160,
  "published_at": "2025-10-20T14:43:39.985+00:00"
}