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CVE-2026-53405: Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution via Flowable BPMN Groovy ScriptTask

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.74% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 54.8% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope 4.0.7.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope 4.0.7 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope. An administrator with adequate entitlements can import arbitrary BPMN process definitions via the REST API and then start the process. When a BPMN process containing a Groovy scriptTask is imported and started, the Groovy script is executed directly on the server, with no 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 wrapping Flowable's Groovy scriptTasks with security sandbox.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 20, 2026
Updated
Oct 24, 2026
EPSS
0.7% · 54th percentile

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Action score

39

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
apachesyncope

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apache syncope3.0.0 and later · up to 3.0.16 inclusive
  • apache syncope4.0.0 and later · before 4.0.7
  • apache syncope4.1.0 and later · before 4.1.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope

    • 3.0.0-M0 and later · up to and including 3.0.16affected · semver
    • 4.0.0-M0 and later · up to and including 4.0.6affected · semver
    • 4.1.0-M0 and later · up to and including 4.1.1affected · semver

Same product

apache: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-1961Vulnerability to Server-Side Template Injection on Mail templates for Apache Syncope 2.0.X releases prior to 2.0.15, 2.1.X releases prior to
    40Plan
  • CVE-2020-1959A Server-Side Template Injection was identified in Apache Syncope prior to 2.1.6 enabling attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions,
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-63071Apache Syncope: RCE via Groovy Sandbox bypass
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-42782May 25, 2026 · Apache Syncope: Post-auth RCE via Groovy static
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-42797May 25, 2026 · Apache Syncope: JexlContextBuilder Information Disclosure
    19Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-53421Jul 20, 2026 · Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution via Scripted Connector
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope4.0.7 · descriptionVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days+1% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-534210 days apartApache Syncope: Remote Code Execution via Scripted Connector
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-630710 days apartApache Syncope: RCE via Groovy Sandbox bypass
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-57738273 days apartApache Syncope: Remote Code Execution by delegated administrators
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-4278256 days apartApache Syncope: Post-auth RCE via Groovy static
    28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-653 · Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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