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


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

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Description 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.
Title Apache Syncope: Delegating users can grant unowned Roles
Weaknesses CWE-269
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T19:28:54.807Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T16:53:28.488Z

Link: CVE-2026-73470

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-14T13:18:45.190

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

Link: CVE-2026-73470

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

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