Vulnerability · Published Jul 26, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-54380Opencast still publishes global system account credentials
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity information exposure in opencast from opencast. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Opencast is a free, open-source platform to support the management of educational audio and video content. Prior to version 17.6, Opencast would incorrectly send the hashed global system account credentials (ie: org.opencastproject.security.digest.user and org.opencastproject.security.digest.pass) when attempting to fetch mediapackage elements included in a mediapackage XML file. A previous CVE prevented many cases where the credentials were inappropriately sent, but not all. Anyone with ingest permissions could cause Opencast to send its hashed global system account credentials to a url of their choosing. This issue is fixed in Opencast 17.6.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-common | 17.6 | GHSA-j63h-hmgw-x4j7 |
| Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl | 17.6 | GHSA-j63h-hmgw-x4j7 |
| Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel | 17.6 | GHSA-j63h-hmgw-x4j7 |
| Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote | 17.6 | GHSA-j63h-hmgw-x4j7 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-522 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N