CVE-2026-63071 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements for Implementations can create a malicious Groovy class containing untrusted code bypassing the Groovy security 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 tightening the Groovy security sandbox.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.apache.org/thread/2236mlm6hbvs6g16yqz5y9s8bb7q1lo1

History

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements for Implementations can create a malicious Groovy class containing untrusted code bypassing the Groovy security 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 tightening the Groovy security sandbox.
Title		Apache Syncope: RCE via Groovy Sandbox bypass
Weaknesses		CWE-653
References		https://lists.apache.org/thread/2236mlm6hbvs6g16yqz5y9s8bb7q1lo1

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-07-20T14:19:19.065Z

Updated: 2026-07-21T14:57:32.285Z

Reserved: 2026-07-15T12:33:03.203Z

Link: CVE-2026-63071

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-20T18:38:20.369Z

NVD

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Redhat

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