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Apache Syncope: RCE via ProcessGroovyMethodsSandbox bypass

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Summary

Apache Syncope, an open-source identity management system, is affected. An administrator with permissions for Implementations can bypass the Groovy security sandbox and run arbitrary code on the server, potentially gaining full control of the system.

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Improper isolation or compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements for Implementations can create a malicious Groovy class running untrusted code on a separate Thread, thus bypassing the Groovy security sandbox. This issue affects Apache Syncope: from 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, from 4.0.0-M0 through 4.0.8, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.3. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.9 / 4.1.4, which fix this issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-spring

    From 3.0.0-M0 · through 3.0.16; From 4.0.0-M0 · through 4.0.8; From 4.1.0-M0 · through 4.1.3

Evidence 1

  1. Advisory

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