# CVE-2025-57738

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-57738
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.2 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-653
- **Published:** Oct 20, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Sep 17, 2026

## Description

Apache Syncope offers the ability to extend / customize the base behavior on every deployment by allowing to provide custom implementations of a few Java interfaces; such implementations can be provided either as Java or Groovy classes, with the latter being particularly attractive as the machinery is set for runtime reload.
Such a feature has been available for a while, but recently it was discovered that a malicious administrator can inject Groovy code that can be executed remotely by a running Apache Syncope Core instance.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.14 / 4.0.2, which fix this issue by forcing the Groovy code to run in a sandbox.

## Affected Products

- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Syncope (2.1)
- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Syncope (3.0)
- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Syncope (4.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://lists.apache.org/thread/x7cv6xv7z76y49grdr1hgj1pzw5zbby6)
- [CVE](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/20/1)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 23.11%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 97.6

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._