Vulnerability · CVE-2025-65998
Apache Syncope can be configured to store the user password values in the internal database with AES encryption, though this is not the default option.
Published Nov 24, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 24, 2025 · Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope
Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-65998. EPSS is 0.53%. Act only if a listed version of Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Same product and reporting
- CVE-2025-57738 · High
- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.53%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope 3.0 ≤3.0.14
Apache Syncope can be configured to store the user password values in the internal database with AES encryption, though this is not the default option. When AES is configured, the default key value, hard-coded in the source code, is always used. This allows a malicious attacker, once obtained access to the internal database content, to reconstruct the original cleartext password values. This is not affecting encrypted plain attributes, whose values are also stored using AES encryption. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.15 / 4.0.3, which fix this issue.
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- vendor Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope 3.0 ≤3.0.143.0 ≤3.0.14
How to fix CVE-2025-65998
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 3.0 ≤3.0.14
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-65998. EPSS is 0.53%. Act only if a listed version of Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope 3.0 ≤3.0.14 3.0 ≤3.0.14. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.53%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Nov 24, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Apache Syncope can be configured to store the user password values in the internal database with AES encryption, though this is not the default option. When AES is configured, the default key value, hard-coded in the source code, is always used. This allows a malicious attacker, once obtained access to the internal database content, to reconstruct the original cleartext password values. This is no
Nov 24, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Apache Syncope can be configured to store the user password values in the internal database with AES encryption, though this is not the default option. When AES is configured, the default key value, hard-coded in the source code, is always used. This allows a malicious attacker, once obtained access to the internal database content, to reconstruct the original cleartext password values. This is no
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-65998
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-65998
30-day exploitation probability 0.53%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-198717
Apache Syncope can be configured to store the user password values in the internal database with AES encryption, though this is not the default option. When AES is configured, the default key value, hard-coded in the source code, is always used. This allows a malicious attacker,
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 4, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 4, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 28, 2026
- EUVDOct 28, 2026