Apache Syncope up to 3.0.16/4.0.8/4.1.3 Groovy Sandbox sandbox

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Apache Syncope up to 3.0.16/4.0.8/4.1.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component Groovy Sandbox. Such manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-113687. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apache Syncope up to 3.0.16/4.0.8/4.1.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Groovy Sandbox. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper isolation or compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements for Implementations can create a malicious Groovy class running untrusted code on a separate Thread, thus 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 4.0.8, from 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.3. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.9 / 4.1.4, which fix this issue.

The advisory is shared for download at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-113687 since 10/20/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/02/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1611.

Upgrading to version 4.0.9 or 4.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Syncope

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.0.8
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.10
• 3.0.11
• 3.0.12
• 3.0.13
• 3.0.14
• 3.0.15
• 3.0.16
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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