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CVE-2025-68271

Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in openc3-api

Published: Jan 13, 2026Updated: Jan 14, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-95
10.0CVSSCRITICAL

Description

OpenC3 COSMOS provides the functionality needed to send commands to and receive data from one or more embedded systems. From 5.0.0 to 6.10.1, OpenC3 COSMOS contains a critical remote code execution vulnerability reachable through the JSON-RPC API. When a JSON-RPC request uses the string form of certain APIs, attacker-controlled parameter text is parsed into values using String#convert_to_value. For array-like inputs, convert_to_value executes eval(). Because the cmd code path parses the command string before calling authorize(), an unauthenticated attacker can trigger Ruby code execution even though the request ultimately fails authorization (401). This vulnerability is fixed in 6.10.2.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High

Weaknesses

Affected Products

openc3oss-projectaka cosmos
rubygemspackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

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Timeline

Published
Jan 13, 2026
Last Updated
Jan 14, 2026

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