CVE-2025-41240 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-41240: Mounted Kubernetes Secrets under a predictable path located within the web server document root

Vendor Vmware
Product bitnamicharts/appsmith
Published July 24, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

10.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Three Bitnami Helm charts mount Kubernetes Secrets under a predictable path (/opt/bitnami/*/secrets) that is located within the web server document root. In affected versions, this can lead to unauthenticated access to sensitive credentials via HTTP/S. A remote attacker could retrieve these secrets by accessing specific URLs if the application is exposed externally. The issue affects deployments using the default value of usePasswordFiles=true, which mounts secrets as files into the container filesystem.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 24, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated