# CVE-2025-68271: openc3-api Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-68271-openc3-api-vulnerable-to-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-01-13  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-68271 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-01-13

openc3-api Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Technologies: [openc3 (RubyGems)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/openc3). Vendors: [RubyGems](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/rubygems).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-68271 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-68271 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-68271?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 13 January 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** openc3 (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.6,fixed=6.10.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-68271?** Yes. openc3 (RubyGems): upgrade to 6.10.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-68271?** Check whether you run openc3 (RubyGems) 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

- openc3 (RubyGems): upgrade to 6.10.2 or later

  ```sh
  bundle update openc3
  ```


## Affected products

- openc3 (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.6,fixed=6.10.2

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-68271
- GHSA-w757-4qv9-mghp

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