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Vulnerability · Published Jul 24, 2025 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2025-41240Mounted Kubernetes Secrets under a predictable path located within the web server document root

Critical 10.0

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in bitnamicharts/appsmith from VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
VMware bitnamicharts/appsmith 21.2.0 – through 22.0.4
VMware bitnamicharts/drupal 5.2.0 – before 6.0.19
VMware bitnamicharts/wordpress 24.2.0 – before 25.0.4

Weakness: CWE-552 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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