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  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "3.0.0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "3.0.16"
              },
              {
                "introduced": "4.0.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.0.7"
              },
              {
                "introduced": "4.1.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.1.2"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
          "events": [
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              "introduced": "d4a8b1eb53b246c42acb757739637be02838a082"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "2b741bd0d6b4f49779a0c01cad597c6a15f93351"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "b0c019c1256bf433bf60e3211ee8711dae03e6bc"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "84abc48d024599ca49ef07b726e698206120ffd9"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "7afe57a317c88ebedf75ca8d714ad743e5cd1d24"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1607ab1fff8542e6fdd634ff68b9afd03d80dd8c"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/apache/syncope",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "apache",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-653"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53421.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
      {
        "extracted_events": [
          {
            "introduced": "3.0.0-M0"
          },
          {
            "last_affected": "3.0.16"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "4.0.0-M0"
          },
          {
            "last_affected": "4.0.6"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "4.1.0-M0"
          },
          {
            "last_affected": "4.1.1"
          }
        ],
        "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
      },
      {
        "extracted_events": [
          {
            "introduced": "3.0.0-M0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "3.0.16"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "4.0.0-M0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "4.0.6"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "4.1.0-M0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "4.1.1"
          }
        ],
        "source": "DESCRIPTION"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in Apache Syncope.\n\n\n\nAn administrator with adequate entitlements can achieve remote code execution through the connector subsystem by relying on scripted connectors' (REST and SQL) capability to run Groovy scripts.\n\nThis 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.\n\n\n\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.7 / 4.1.2, which fix this issue by hardening the Groovy security sandbox.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-53421",
  "modified": "2026-07-29T03:30:23.596277487Z",
  "published": "2026-07-20T14:21:10.071Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/20/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53421.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/nmzvz6gb2ldm30wvyk613r8dfrb6r8yx"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53421"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Apache Syncope: Remote Code Execution via Scripted Connector"
}