Opencast still publishes global system account credentials
Date: 2025-07
Affected: maven/org.opencastproject:opencast-publication-service-oaipmh-remote, maven/org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel, maven/org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl
Attack vector: other
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2025-54380
CWE: CWE-200
CWE-522
CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

### 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](https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9) 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 If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: - Open an issue in our [issue tracker](https://github.com/opencast/opencast/issues) - Email us at security@opencast.org


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