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PYSEC-2025-255

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2025-06-13 14:15 - Updated: 2026-07-13 05:50

Details

A credential leak in OpenC3 COSMOS before v6.0.2 allows attackers to access service credentials as environment variables stored in all containers.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Impacted products

Name	purl
openc3	pkg:pypi/openc3

Aliases

CVE-2025-28381

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "openc3",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/openc3"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "last_affected": "6.0.0"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "5.10.0",
        "5.10.1",
        "5.11.0",
        "5.11.1",
        "5.11.2",
        "5.11.3",
        "5.12.0",
        "5.13.0",
        "5.14.0",
        "5.14.1",
        "5.14.2",
        "5.15.0",
        "5.15.1",
        "5.15.2",
        "5.16.0",
        "5.16.1",
        "5.16.2",
        "5.17.0",
        "5.17.1",
        "5.18.0",
        "5.19.0",
        "5.20.0",
        "5.9.2b0",
        "6.0.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-28381"
  ],
  "details": "A credential leak in OpenC3 COSMOS before v6.0.2 allows attackers to access service credentials as environment variables stored in all containers.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2025-255",
  "modified": "2026-07-13T05:50:28.997397Z",
  "published": "2025-06-13T14:15:20.177Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/pull/1816/commits/cce64c213fd2e6a70e2ccbf3622949fe8f9dcaef"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/releases/tag/v6.0.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://openc3.com/"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/pull/1816"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://visionspace.com/openc3-cosmos-a-security-assessment-of-an-open-source-mission-framework/"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2025-28381 (GCVE-0-2025-28381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-27 15:19

Summary

A credential leak in OpenC3 COSMOS before v6.0.2 allows attackers to access service credentials as environment variables stored in all containers.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-06-13 16:05 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-526 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2328 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://openc3.com/
https://visionspace.com/openc3-cosmos-a-security-…
https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/releases/tag/v6.0.2
https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/pull/1816
https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/pull/1816/commit…

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