CVE-2025-41240 (GCVE-0-2025-41240)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-24 06:42 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50
VLAI
Title
Mounted Kubernetes Secrets under a predictable path located within the web server document root
Summary
Three Bitnami Helm charts mount Kubernetes Secrets under a predictable path (/opt/bitnami/*/secrets) that is located within the web server document root. In affected versions, this can lead to unauthenticated access to sensitive credentials via HTTP/S. A remote attacker could retrieve these secrets by accessing specific URLs if the application is exposed externally. The issue affects deployments using the default value of usePasswordFiles=true, which mounts secrets as files into the container filesystem.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-25 03:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 228 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VMware bitnamicharts/appsmith Affected: 21.2.0 , ≤ 22.0.4 (Helm)
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VMware bitnamicharts/drupal Affected: 5.2.0 , < 6.0.19 (Helm)
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VMware bitnamicharts/wordpress Affected: 24.2.0 , < 25.0.4 (Helm)
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Date Public
2025-07-23 17:34
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