CVE-2026-75015 Apache Syncope: Nested secrets leak cleartext into audit records readable
Attackers with admin access can view cleartext secrets in audit logs due to insufficient masking, exposing sensitive credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-75015?
CVE-2026-75015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Syncope, published on 14 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Apache Syncope.
Audit events, when sent to the configured store, are not sufficiently masked for the sensitive values they might carry on their payloads, thus allowing administrators to access such sensitive values.
This issue affects Apache Syncope: from 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, from 4.0.0-M0 Through 4.0.7, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.2.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.8 / 4.1.3, which fix this issue.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-75015?
How do I fix CVE-2026-75015?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-75015 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-75015 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-75015 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p5vm-7q6r-6j5w.