Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as admin with Implementations entitlement
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ExploitCreate malicious Groovy implementation class
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ExecutionSpawn untrusted code on separate thread bypassing sandbox
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code in Syncope server process
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Component isolation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated Apache Syncope administrator account that has been granted entitlements for the Implementations feature; the attacker uses that feature to define a malicious Groovy class whose untrusted code runs on a separate thread, which is the specific mechanism that defeats the Groovy security sandbox. The primary limiting factors are the high privilege level (an admin with the Implementations entitlement, not an ordinary or unauthenticated user) and that the attack operates through a legitimate administrative capability; authentication requirements are described by the vendor but cannot be tied to a CVSS PR metric because no CVSS vector was provided. Affected only in versions 3.0.0-M0-3.0.16, 4.0.0-M0-4.0.8, and 4.1.0-M0-4.1.3; the vendor states upgrading to 4.0.9 / 4.1.4 fixes the issue. |
| Impact | This is a privilege-dependent sandbox-escape issue, not a remotely-triggerable flaw against unauthenticated users. No CVSS score or vector is supplied by NVD or the vendor, so attack-vector/complexity/privilege cannot be read from an authoritative vector; based on the description, exploitation requires an existing administrator who holds entitlements for the Implementations feature, which is a high-privilege precondition. EPSS is not provided, the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, and no public exploit or PoC reference is present - so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', indicating elevated but non-emergency priority. The real-world risk is therefore gated almost entirely on the trust model for Syncope administrators: an attacker must already be a privileged operator, and the vulnerability lets that operator break out of the Groovy security sandbox to run arbitrary untrusted code on a separate thread. For organizations that treat the Implementations entitlement as a strong trust boundary (expecting the sandbox to contain what admins can run), this is a genuine privilege/isolation failure worth prompt patching; for organizations where such admins are already fully trusted, the marginal risk is lower. Key missing data: no CVSS vector, no EPSS, no confirmed PoC - all of which should be weighed before escalating beyond the vendor's own 'upgrade' guidance. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated Syncope administrator who has been granted entitlements for Implementations defines a malicious Groovy class that launches untrusted code on a separate thread, which escapes the Groovy security sandbox and executes arbitrary code within the Syncope server process. No public exploit or PoC reference is provided, and there is no evidence of active exploitation. The practical limiting factor is that the attacker must already possess a high-privilege administrative role with the specific Implementations entitlement. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026
Apache Syncope administrators who hold entitlements for the Implementations feature can define a malicious Groovy class that executes untrusted code on a separate thread, escaping the Groovy security sandbox and compromising the application's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The flaw affects Syncope 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, 4.0.0-M0 through 4.0.8, and 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.3; exploitation requires a high-privilege administrative account, so exposure is limited to deployments where Implementations access is broadly delegated. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vendor directs users to upgrade to 4.0.9 or 4.1.4.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Apache Syncope to 4.0.9 on the 4.0.x branch or 4.1.4 on the 4.1.x branch; the vendor states these versions fix the issue and the advisory is at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/xxfmworgxt6bf1got05b5pqbb679zjp0. No workaround is documented in the available sources. Because exploitation requires an administrator with Implementations entitlements, restricting that entitlement to fully trusted administrators reduces exposure, at the cost of removing delegated management of implementations.
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The vulnerability is a CWE-653 improper isolation or compartmentalization failure in Apache Syncope's Implementations feature, which lets administrators supply Groovy classes for custom behavior. The Groovy security sandbox is intended to constrain those classes, but a malicious class can launch untrusted code on a separate Thread and run outside the sandbox's context. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache_software_foundation:apache_syncope identifies the affected product; the defect is present in the 3.0.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.x lines up to 3.0.16, 4.0.8, and 4.1.3 respectively. The trigger described by the vendor is an administrator with adequate Implementations entitlements creating the malicious class, and the affected deployment configurations beyond those version ranges are not described in the available sources.
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Severity by source
Admin console is network-reachable (AV:N/AC:L), but the Implementations entitlement is a high-privilege precondition (PR:H); escaping the Groovy sandbox to run arbitrary code crosses a security authority (S:C) with full host impact.
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DescriptionCVE.org
Improper isolation or compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope.
An administrator with adequate entitlements for Implementations can create a malicious Groovy class running untrusted code on a separate Thread, thus bypassing the Groovy security sandbox.
This issue affects Apache Syncope: from 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, from 4.0.0-M0 through 4.0.8, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.3.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.9 / 4.1.4, which fix this issue.
Executive ViewAI
A high-severity sandbox escape in Apache Syncope allows privileged administrators to execute untrusted code, threatening the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of identity management systems. Organizations relying on Syncope for IAM must act to prevent potential compromise, though exploitation requires high-privilege access and no public exploit is known.
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