Description
Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope.



An administrator with adequate entitlements can achieve remote code execution through the connector subsystem by relying on scripted connectors' (REST and SQL) capability to run Groovy scripts.

This issue affects Apache Syncope: from 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, from 4.0.0-M0 Through 4.0.6, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.1.




Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.7 / 4.1.2, which fix this issue by hardening the Groovy security sandbox.
Published: 2026-07-20
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KEV: No
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Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache syncope
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache syncope

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements can achieve remote code execution through the connector subsystem by relying on scripted connectors' (REST and SQL) capability to run Groovy scripts. This issue affects Apache Syncope: from 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, from 4.0.0-M0 Through 4.0.6, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.7 / 4.1.2, which fix this issue by hardening the Groovy security sandbox.
Title Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution via Scripted Connector
Weaknesses CWE-653
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-20T18:38:14.593Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T10:22:09.599Z

Link: CVE-2026-53421

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Updated: 2026-07-21T00:15:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-653

    Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization