CVE-2026-73470

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Syncope. Delegations can be created or updated with Roles not owned by the delegating User, or not for the same Realm subtree under the delegation management was granted for. 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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/13hph8sgx3wo6m103x0oc0zydf5rkl8y
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/14/9

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-14 13:18

Updated : 2026-09-14 20:58

NVD link : CVE-2026-73470

Mitre link : CVE-2026-73470

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-73470

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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