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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-jqg8-m35q-jh7j | Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database |
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:45:00 +0000
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Apache
Apache syncope |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Apache
Apache syncope |
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:15:00 +0000
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:30:00 +0000
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| References |
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Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Apache Syncope: Default AES key used for internal password encryption | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-321 | |
| References |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-24T15:36:14.583Z
Reserved: 2025-11-19T08:09:02.428Z
Link: CVE-2025-65998
Updated: 2025-11-24T15:04:26.790Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-11-24T14:15:48.417
Modified: 2025-11-26T14:30:26.730
Link: CVE-2025-65998
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Github GHSA