CVE-2026-48242 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-48242: Open ISES Tickets < 3.44.2 Hardcoded MySQL Database Credentials in import_mdb.php

Vendor Open Ises

Product Tickets

Weakness CWE-798 · Hardcoded credentials

Published May 21, 2026

Last update July 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.2/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity High

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality —

Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 contains hardcoded MySQL database connection credentials (host, username, password, database name) in import_mdb.php. The credentials are embedded in source code committed to the public repository, allowing any reader of the source to obtain valid configuration values that may match deployed installations.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 21, 2026 CVE published

July 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48242 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html AskarLabs — CWE-798 write-up Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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