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CVE-2025-65998
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 a
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-spring","product":"Apache Syncope","vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.1.14","status":"affected","version":"2.1","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.0.14","status":"affected","version":"3.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"4.0.2","status":"affected","version":"4.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-321","description":"CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:81e650944c1dccc6a8df799ffe196c2199a7a2d7e3caf014f2882adb0dd6dace · sha256:5d9a7c9f7d535a75… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/24/1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:81e650944c1dccc6a8df799ffe196c2199a7a2d7e3caf014f2882adb0dd6dace · sha256:5d9a7c9f7d535a75… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:81e650944c1dccc6a8df799ffe196c2199a7a2d7e3caf014f2882adb0dd6dace · sha256:5d9a7c9f7d535a75… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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