{"cve":"CVE-2025-57738","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-20T15:15:33.553","modified":"2026-10-08T22:10:00.563","status":"Modified","description":"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.\nSuch 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.\nUsers 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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.2},"cwes":["CWE-653"],"references":["https://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/20/1"],"products":["apache:syncope"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:12:35.277909958+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-57738","score":0.23185,"percentile":0.97753,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-825g-mm5v-ggq4","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-825g-mm5v-ggq4","summary":"Apache Syncope allows malicious administrators to inject Groovy code","modified":"2025-11-05T21:09:03.837611Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-spring","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.syncope.core/syncope-core-spring","ranges":["<3.0.14"],"fixed":["3.0.14"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-spring","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.syncope.core/syncope-core-spring","ranges":[">=4.0.0-M0 <4.0.2"],"fixed":["4.0.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}