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CVE-2025-65998

Apache Syncope: Default AES key used for internal password encryption

CVSS 7.5 HIGHEPSS 0.4%CWE-321
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.4%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
24 Nov 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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