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Critical [CVE-2026-53421] Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope

This critical-severity Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-53421 affecting Apache Syncope.

CVE-2026-53421 Published Jul 20, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 27, 2026
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Summary

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements can achieve remote code execution through the connector subsystem by relying on scripted connectors' (REST and SQL) capability to run Groovy scripts.

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 hardening the Groovy security sandbox.

Affected versions
  • 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16
  • 4.0.0-M0 through 4.0.6
  • 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.1.
  • through 4.1.1

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • 4.0.7
  • 4.1.2

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.7 / 4.1.2, which fix this issue by hardening the Groovy security sandbox.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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