CVE-2025-54380 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Information Exposure vulnerability in org.opencastproject:opencast-common. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2025-54380 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Opencast still publishes global system account credentials
Real-World Exposure
org.opencastproject:opencast-common☕org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl☕org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel☕org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remoteReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-common | all versions | 17.6 |
| ☕Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl | all versions | 17.6 |
| ☕Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel | all versions | 17.6 |
| ☕Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote | all versions | 17.6 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.opencastproject:opencast-common. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update org.opencastproject:opencast-common to 17.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-54380 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2025-54380 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2025-54380. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-54380 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2025-54380 across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.