# CVE-2025-54380: Opencast still publishes global system account credentials

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54380-opencast-still-publishes-global-system-account-credentials  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-07-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-54380 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-07-25

Opencast still publishes global system account credentials

Technologies: [org.opencastproject:opencast-common (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-opencastproject-opencast-common), [org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-opencastproject-opencast-ingest-service-impl), [org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-opencastproject-opencast-kernel). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-54380 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-54380 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-54380?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 25 July 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.opencastproject:opencast-common (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=17.6; org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=17.6; org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=17.6; org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=17.6.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-54380?** Yes. org.opencastproject:opencast-common (Maven): upgrade to 17.6 or later; org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl (Maven): upgrade to 17.6 or later; org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel (Maven): upgrade to 17.6 or later; org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote (Maven): upgrade to 17.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-54380?** Check whether you run org.opencastproject:opencast-common (Maven), org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl (Maven), org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel (Maven) or one of the others listed at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.opencastproject:opencast-common (Maven): upgrade to 17.6 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.opencastproject:opencast-common to 17.6 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl (Maven): upgrade to 17.6 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl to 17.6 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel (Maven): upgrade to 17.6 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel to 17.6 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote (Maven): upgrade to 17.6 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote to 17.6 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.opencastproject:opencast-common (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=17.6
- org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=17.6
- org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=17.6
- org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=17.6

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-54380
- GHSA-j63h-hmgw-x4j7

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