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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-78330

Apache Syncope: Privilege escalation for admin user via JWT authentication

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
apache

Description

Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Apache Syncope. When the configured JWKS settings for internal JWT authentication are disclosed (at least protocol and key), an attacker can obtain admin privileges after completing a successful authentication and obtaining a valid low-privileges JWT. 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope

Default version status: unaffected

  • 3.0.0-M0 to ≤ 3.0.16affected
  • 4.0.0-M0 to ≤ 4.0.7affected
  • 4.1.0-M0 to ≤ 4.1.2affected
pkg:maven/org.apache.syncope.core/syncope-core-spring

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