CVE-2025-65998
published 2025-11-24CVE-2025-65998: 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. When…
PriorityP351high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.45%
36.1th percentile
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.
When 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.
This is not affecting encrypted plain attributes, whose values are also stored using AES encryption.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, which fix this issue.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | syncope | 2.1.0 – 2.1.14 | — |
| apache | syncope | >= 3.0.0 < 3.0.15 | 3.0.15 |
| apache | syncope | >= 4.0.0 < 4.0.3 | 4.0.3 |
| apache_software_foundation | apache_syncope | 2.1 – 2.1.14 | — |
| apache_software_foundation | apache_syncope | 3.0 – 3.0.14 | — |
| apache_software_foundation | apache_syncope | 4.0 – 4.0.2 | — |
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OSV
Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database
osv·2025-11-24
CVE-2025-65998 [HIGH] Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database
Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database
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.
When 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.
This is not affecting encrypted plain attributes, whose values are also stored using AES encryption.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, which fix this issue.
GHSA
Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database
ghsa·2025-11-24
CVE-2025-65998 [HIGH] CWE-321 Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database
Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database
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.
When 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.
This is not affecting encrypted plain attributes, whose values are also stored using AES encryption.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, which fix this issue.
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2025-11-24
Published