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CVE-2025-65998 is a cryptographic vulnerability in Apache Syncope affecting deployments configured to store user password values in the internal database using AES encryption. In affected versions, this password-storage mode uses a default AES key that is hard-coded in the application source code. Because the key is fixed and recoverable from the software, an attacker who obtains access to the internal database contents can decrypt the stored password values and reconstruct the original cleartext passwords. The issue does not affect deployments that do not use this optional AES-based internal password storage mode, and available information indicates that encrypted plain attributes are not affected by this flaw.
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A cryptographic weakness in Apache Syncope involving a hard-coded AES key used for password encryption, which could allow attackers with database access to decrypt stored passwords.
A critical vulnerability in Apache Syncope where a hard-coded AES encryption key is used for storing user passwords, allowing attackers with database access to decrypt all stored passwords.
A vulnerability in Apache Syncope that exposes encrypted user passwords due to a hard-coded AES key.
Hard-coded AES encryption key in Apache Syncope’s optional internal password-at-rest AES feature, allowing an attacker with access to the internal database to decrypt stored user passwords to plaintext.
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