CVE-2025-41240 is a critical vulnerability affecting specific Bitnami Helm charts, including bitnamicharts/appsmith v21.2.0, where Kubernetes Secrets are predictably mounted within the web server document root. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access sensitive credentials via HTTP/S if the application is exposed externally and uses the default usePasswordFiles=true setting. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Bitnamicharts/Appsmith | >= 21.2.0, <= 22.0.4CNA affecteddefault unaffected | |
| VMware | Bitnamicharts/Drupal | >= 5.2.0, < 6.0.19CNA affecteddefault unaffected | |
| VMware | Bitnamicharts/Wordpress | >= 24.2.0, < 25.0.4CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.