Administrator-only disclosure via incomplete JEXL field blocklist
Published May 25, 2026 · Updated May 25, 2026
Information disclosure in Apache Syncope 3.0 through 3.0.16, 4.0 through 4.0.5, and 4.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive data. JexlContextBuilder uses an incomplete field blocklist when building the evaluation context, exposing password history, security answers, MFA data, and tokens to a crafted Derived Schema expression. Creating the expression requires Derived Schema entitlements, while retrieving the exposed values requires User-read entitlements; the reported consequence is read-only.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Apache Syncope 3.0 through 3.0.16, 4.0 through 4.0.5, and 4.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive data. JexlContextBuilder uses an incomplete field blocklist when building the evaluation context, exposing password history, security answers, MFA data, and tokens to a crafted Derived Schema expression. Creating the expression requires Derived Schema entitlements, while retrieving the exposed values requires User-read entitlements; the reported consequence is read-only.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-42797
- Published
- May 25, 2026
- Updated
- May 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Syncope
- Classifications
- CWE-202, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- May 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.0 <=3.0.16
- Affected versionversion=4.0 <=4.0.5
- Affected versionversion=4.1 <=4.1.0
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