{"answers":{"affected":"4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.syncope:syncope-core. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-65998 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade org.apache.syncope:syncope-core to a fixed version for your release line: 3.0.15 or 4.0.3.","what":"CVE-2025-65998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Syncope, published on 24 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-65998 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-65998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Syncope, published on 24 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-65998 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- org.apache.syncope:syncope-core (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 3.0.15\n- org.apache.syncope:syncope-core (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 3.0.15\n- org.apache.syncope:syncope-core (Maven): affected from 4.0.0; fixed in 4.0.3\n- org.apache.syncope:syncope-core (Maven): affected from 4.0.0; fixed in 4.0.3\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65998/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65998/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-65998","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65998/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-65998","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jqg8-m35q-jh7j"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Identity management server","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers with database access can decrypt user passwords due to a hardcoded AES key when internal password encryption is enabled.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"apache","cpe":[{"product":"syncope","vendor":"apache"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-321","name":"Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key"}],"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.\n\nWhen 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.\nThis is not affecting encrypted plain attributes, whose values are also stored using AES encryption.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, which fix this issue.","ecosystems":["Maven"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Apache Syncope: Default AES key used for internal password encryption","id":"CVE-2025-65998","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Maven","product":null,"products":[],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2025"},"n_packages":4,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Affinity","id":"CVE-2025-66000"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["3.0.15"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.syncope:syncope-core","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-jqg8-m35q-jh7j"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["3.0.15"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.syncope:syncope-core","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.syncope/syncope-core","source":"GHSA-jqg8-m35q-jh7j"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["4.0.3"],"introduced":["4.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.syncope:syncope-core","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-jqg8-m35q-jh7j"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["4.0.3"],"introduced":["4.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.syncope:syncope-core","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.syncope/syncope-core","source":"GHSA-jqg8-m35q-jh7j"}],"prev":{"headline":"Apache Airflow: Disclosure of secrets to UI via kwargs","id":"CVE-2025-65995"},"products":["Apache Syncope"],"published":"2025-11-24","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution via Flowable BPMN Groovy ScriptTask","id":"CVE-2026-53405","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-20"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution via Scripted Connector","id":"CVE-2026-53421","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-20"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Syncope: SQL injection vulnerability in Audit Events search","id":"CVE-2026-57308","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-20"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Syncope: User self-service privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2026-62183","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-20"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Syncope: RCE via Groovy Sandbox bypass","id":"CVE-2026-63071","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-20"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Expression Language Injection in Apache Syncope","id":"CVE-2020-1959","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-05-04"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Injection in Apache Syncope","id":"CVE-2020-1961","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-05-04"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-11-24","vendors":["Apache Software Foundation"]},"summary":"Attackers with database access can decrypt user passwords due to a hardcoded AES key when internal password encryption is enabled.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65998/"}