Apache Syncope: patch five newly published CVEs in 4.0.9 or 4.1.4

Status — Confirmed: Apache published five Syncope advisories on 2 November 2026. They affect the 3.0, 4.0 and 4.1 lines listed below. Apache's remediation is an upgrade to 4.0.9 or 4.1.4. NVD had no CVSS score or vector assigned when checked on 3 November 2026; FIRST EPSS returned no score. None of the five CVEs is listed in CISA KEV at that time. That does not make an internet-reachable identity-management service low priority.

What this means

Apache Syncope is an identity-management platform, so its administrative plane commonly holds connectors, credentials, identity data and entitlement rules. The advisories do not say that anonymous internet users can exploit these issues. The documented preconditions range from a non-admin account to delegated-administrator or implementation/BPMN-import permissions. Treat that distinction as a control decision: an exposed console with broad delegated roles deserves a faster maintenance window than an internally reachable instance with tightly limited administrator access.

Are you affected?

Confirmed: a Syncope deployment in one of the versions in the table is affected by the corresponding advisory. The 3.0 line has no announced fixed 3.0 release; move to a supported fixed line after compatibility testing.

Not confirmed: do not infer compromise from version alone. Apache's notices do not publish indicators of compromise, known exploitation, or a claim of CISA KEV inclusion.

Safe exposure and evidence check

1. From the deployment record, container image tag, package manifest or application artefact, record the running Syncope version. Do not probe login or REST endpoints on systems you do not own.
2. In the administration console, review users and roles that can import BPMN, manage Implementations, administer Realms, or configure WA surrogate authentication. Export the change/audit log before changing entitlements.
3. Record whether the administration console or REST API is reachable from the public internet, a partner network, or only an administration segment.

Interpretation: an affected version plus any of those permissions means the patch is required. A fixed version is the expected result after upgrade; it is not evidence that earlier activity did not occur. Lack of public exposure reduces reachability, but does not remove risk from an authenticated administrator session.

Patch: upgrade to 4.0.9 or 4.1.4

Prerequisites: an approved change window; a tested database backup; the current configuration and connector artefacts; a rollback image/package; and a non-production rehearsal. Follow Apache's release and deployment documentation for the installation method in use.

1. Freeze administration changes and capture the application version, configuration, connector configuration and audit records.
2. Back up the Syncope database using your organisation's database-native, restore-tested procedure. Keep the current application artefact or container image immutable for rollback.
3. Obtain the official Apache Syncope 4.0.9 or 4.1.4 release from Apache's distribution/release process and verify the published release integrity information before deployment.
4. Stop the Syncope application nodes, deploy the selected fixed release using your existing service, container-orchestration or application-server procedure, then start one node first.
5. Run the documented database/schema migration only if the selected release's notes require it. Do not improvise SQL changes.
6. Validate the health endpoint or normal authenticated administrator sign-in, one controlled provisioning operation, and the audit log. Then return the remaining nodes to service.

Expected result: the running deployment reports 4.0.9 or 4.1.4 and normal identity operations continue.

Rollback: if validation fails, remove the new application artefact, restore the prior artefact and configuration, and restore the database only under the tested recovery procedure if a migration changed it. Preserve logs and the failed deployment record before rollback.

Temporary containment while the change window is prepared

Apache's advisories identify a fixed release; they do not offer an equivalent configuration-only substitute. Until patched, reduce the number of accounts able to import BPMN, create Implementations, administer Realms or set WA surrogate authentication; require MFA for administrators; place the console/API behind the administration network or VPN; and preserve audit logs. These measures reduce opportunity but do not remediate affected code. Do not delete evidence or broadly disable identity workflows without an owner-approved outage plan.

Change timeline

• 2 November 2026: Apache Syncope advisories and corresponding CVE records published.
• 3 November 2026: NVD records checked; no CVSS score/vector was assigned. CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS checks did not show these CVEs.

References

1. Apache Syncope advisory for CVE-2026-109083 — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/zmzxzxv7wjzn071jgn069y2rqjpcrt3s
2. Apache Syncope advisory for CVE-2026-110535 — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/25vbq0pvj8svk8gl8pjld1j0nzrdxy26
3. Apache Syncope advisory for CVE-2026-113511 — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/gn7y6k37xgody4wt4o981cywcovgw106
4. Apache Syncope advisory for CVE-2026-113687 — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/xxfmworgxt6bf1got05b5pqbb679zjp0
5. Apache Syncope advisory for CVE-2026-114364 — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/j65oo441q5gpr4d0ljb644r9mdro2slm
6. NVD CVE API — https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0/

Izmaiņu žurnāls

• 3 November 2026, r1: Initial publication; version ranges and fixed releases checked against Apache advisories.