Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Syncope.

An administrator with adequate entitlements can get access via REST to the list of existing Access Tokens, including their signed JWT body.
These values can be then used to perform further REST requests, impersonating users with higher administration entitlements.





This issue affects Apache Syncope: from 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, from 4.0.0-M0 Through 4.0.7, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.2.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.8 / 4.1.3, which fix this issue.
Published: 2026-09-14
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apache
Apache syncope
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache syncope
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements can get access via REST to the list of existing Access Tokens, including their signed JWT body. These values can be then used to perform further REST requests, impersonating users with higher administration entitlements. This issue affects Apache Syncope: from 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, from 4.0.0-M0 Through 4.0.7, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.8 / 4.1.3, which fix this issue.
Title Apache Syncope: JWT Access Token takeover
Weaknesses CWE-200
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T19:29:51.690Z

Reserved: 2026-08-11T10:15:37.051Z

Link: CVE-2026-73178

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-14T13:18:45.067

Modified: 2026-09-14T20:58:48.430

Link: CVE-2026-73178

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Updated: 2026-09-14T20:15:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-200

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor