CVE-2026-78330

published 2026-09-14

CVE-2026-78330: Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Apache Syncope. When the configured JWKS settings for internal JWT authentication are disclosed (at least…

Priority P2 64 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

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

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache_software_foundation	apache_syncope	3.0.0-M0 – 3.0.16	—
apache_software_foundation	apache_syncope	4.0.0-M0 – 4.0.7	—
apache_software_foundation	apache_syncope	4.1.0-M0 – 4.1.2	—

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