Overview
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the recently identified cybersecurity vulnerability, CVE-2025-28381. This critical vulnerability affects OpenC3 COSMOS v6.0.0, where an attacker can access service credentials stored as environment variables in all containers. The potential impact of this vulnerability is significant, including potential system compromise and data leakage, which emphasizes the urgency of this issue.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-28381
Severity: High (CVSS: 7.5)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise, Data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
OpenC3 COSMOS | v6.0.0
How the Exploit Works
The attacker can exploit this vulnerability by targeting the OpenC3 COSMOS v6.0.0 system’s containers. Due to a lack of proper security measures, service credentials are stored as environment variables in all containers. This flaw allows an attacker to access these credentials, potentially compromising the entire system and leaking sensitive data.
Conceptual Example Code
While no specific exploit code is available, the attack may resemble the conceptual example below:
$ docker exec -it [container_id] envThis shell command, executed within the compromised system, lists the environment variables of a specific container. If the credentials are stored as plain environment variables, the attacker could extract them from the output of this command.
