CVE-2025-65998

CWE-3214 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 24

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. 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 a

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDapache/syncope3.0.03.0.15+2
Mavenorg.apache.syncope:syncope-core4.0.04.0.3+1
CVEListV5apache_software_foundation/apache_syncope2.12.1.14+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
Apache Syncope: Default AES key used for internal password encryption2025-11-24
OSV
Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database2025-11-24
GHSA
Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database2025-11-24
CVE-2025-65998 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | Apache Syncope can be configured to | cvebase.io