What is GHSA-w7wp-qc67-vgc8?

GHSA-w7wp-qc67-vgc8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Apache Syncope. When the configured JWKS...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w7wp-qc67-vgc8 cover?

GHSA-w7wp-qc67-vgc8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-78330. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w7wp-qc67-vgc8?

GHSA-w7wp-qc67-vgc8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w7wp-qc67-vgc8CriticalCVSS 9.8

Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Apache Syncope. When the configured JWKS...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-78330 →

📋 Description

Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Apache Syncope.

When the configured JWKS settings for internal JWT authentication are disclosed (at least protocol and key), an attacker can obtain admin privileges after completing a successful authentication and obtaining a valid low-privileges JWT.

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78330
https://lists.apache.org/thread/vkqmmpwcdson285vtmzpbj9psw35hyo9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/14/19
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7wp-qc67-vgc8