OpenNebula Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to EE 6.10.2/CE 6.x JSON Web Token race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in OpenNebula Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to EE 6.10.2/CE 6.x. This affects an unknown function of the component JSON Web Token Handler. The manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-54955. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenNebula Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to EE 6.10.2/CE 6.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component JSON Web Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenNebula Community Edition (CE) before 7.0.0 and Enterprise Edition (EE) before 6.10.3 have a critical FireEdge race condition that can lead to full account takeover. By exploiting this, an unauthenticated attacker can obtain a valid JSON Web Token (JWT) belonging to a legitimate user without knowledge of their credentials.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-54955 since 08/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version EE 6.10.3 or CE 7.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 81058d9705e7ac619d294423de28b76d88f613b6 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-23454). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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CNA Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition EE 6.10.3/CE 7.0.0
Patch: 81058d9705e7ac619d294423de28b76d88f613b6

Timelineinfo

08/02/2025 CVE reserved
08/03/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
08/03/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/05/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54955 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54955
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318623
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/03/2025 11:43
Updated: 08/05/2025 05:00
Changes: 08/03/2025 11:43 (67), 08/03/2025 21:40 (1), 08/05/2025 05:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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