{"id":"CVE-2026-73236","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-73236","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:50:42.704Z","title":"Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Syncope.","description":"Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Syncope.\n\n\n\nDelegated administration security checks are based on Realm hierarchy and enforced via prefix matches.\nDue to incorrect implementation, two sibling Realms whose names begin with the same string cannot be correctly distinguished, resulting in incorrect authorization.\n\n\n\n\n\nThis 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.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.8 / 4.1.3, which fix this issue.","published":"2026-09-14T14:17:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-14T20:58:48.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-863"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0036,"percentile":0.29533,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/5m8t357n2xt38ym5l2rrgbjyztd97yjv","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/14/7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73236","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}