CVE-2025-54380 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Information Exposure vulnerability in org.opencastproject:opencast-common. A fix is available for org.opencastproject:opencast-common — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Opencast still publishes global system account credentials
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-54380.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2025-54380 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,567 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
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
Description
Opencast prior to versions 17.6 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. The remainder are addressed with this patch.
Impact
Anyone with ingest permissions could cause Opencast to send its hashed global system account credentials to a url of their choosing.
Patches
This issue is fixed in Opencast 17.6
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Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-common | all versions | 17.6org.opencastproject:opencast-common:17.6 |
| ☕Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl | all versions | 17.6org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl:17.6 |
| ☕Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel | all versions | 17.6org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel:17.6 |
| ☕Maven | org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote | all versions | 17.6org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote: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, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
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 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2025-54380 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
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 Security finds CVE-2025-54380 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.