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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-53405

CVE-2026-53405

Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope — Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution via Flowable BPMN Groovy ScriptTask

EPSS 0.7%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
40
CVSS 9.8 (ADP)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 54.8.548 × 2011.0No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements can import arbitrary BPMN process definitions via the REST API and then start the process. When a BPMN process containing a Groovy scriptTask is imported and started, the Groovy script is executed directly on the server, with no sandbox. This issue affects Apache Syncope: from 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, from 4.0.0-M0 Through 4.0.6, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.7 / 4.1.2, which fix this issue by wrapping Flowable's Groovy scriptTasks with security sandbox.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Apache Syncope3.0.0-M0 – 3.0.16–CNA
Apache Syncope4.0.0-M0 – 4.0.6–CNA
Apache Syncope4.1.0-M0 – 4.1.1–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

advisorylists.apache.org/thread/vdq0tk6ylffz6trbgbllj9kb1ndzff7krefopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/20/6