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CVE-2025-65998

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-65998 affects Apache Syncope when configured to store user passwords with AES encryption, utilizing a hard-coded default key. This allows an attacker with internal database access to decrypt user passwords. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.1.0, <= 2.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.syncope:syncope-coreFixed in: 4.0.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.syncope:syncope-coreFixed in: 3.0.15

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-jqg8-m35q-jh7jhigh

Apache Syncope's AES encryption stores hard-coded passwords in internal database

Nov 24, 2025

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2025/11/24/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread/fjh0tb0d1xkbphc5ogdsc348ppz88cts
Mailing ListVendor Advisory