---
id: CVE-2026-73470
title: >-
  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.




  …
summary: >-
  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.




  …
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
product: 'org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-provisioning-java'
affected:
  - 'org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-provisioning-java >= 3.0.0-M0 <= 3.0.16'
  - 'org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-provisioning-java >= 4.0.0-M0 <= 4.0.7'
  - 'org.apache.syncope.core:syncope-core-provisioning-java >= 4.1.0-M0 <= 4.1.2'
published: '2026-09-14'
updated: '2026-09-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-14T20:58:48.430'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73470'
references:
  - url: 'https://lists.apache.org/thread/13hph8sgx3wo6m103x0oc0zydf5rkl8y'
    label: security@apache.org
  - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/14/9'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-14T19:28:28.250255Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T15:23:07.429Z'
epss: 0.00512
epssPercentile: 0.41151
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.