CVE-2025-70041
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn issue pertaining to CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password was discovered in oslabs-beta ThermaKube master.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA hard-coded password vulnerability (CWE-259) was discovered in oslabs-beta ThermaKube master, allowing potential unauthorized access to the system with critical severity (CVSS 9.8).
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if ThermaKube is deployedSearch your environment for installations of oslabs-beta ThermaKube or ThermaKube master. Check running containers, helm charts, or installed packages for the product name.Affected if ThermaKube by oslabs-beta is present in the environment
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Search codebase for hardcoded credentialsReview the ThermaKube source code and configuration files for any hardcoded password strings. Search for patterns like 'password=', 'pwd=', or string literals containing credentials.Affected if A hardcoded password is found in the ThermaKube source code or configuration files
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Inspect authentication configurationExamine the authentication or user management module of ThermaKube. Look for default credentials or embedded passwords used for system access.Affected if Embedded credentials are used for authentication without external secret management
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Check deployed instances for the vulnerabilityIf ThermaKube is running, inspect the running configuration or environment variables to determine if the hardcoded password is still in use versus being replaced with a managed secret.Affected if The deployed instance is using the hardcoded password from the codebase
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Review access logs for unauthorized useExamine ThermaKube access logs for any authentication attempts using default or unknown credentials that may indicate exploitation of the hardcoded password.Affected if Suspicious authentication activity matches patterns associated with the hardcoded credential
The environment is affected if oslabs-beta ThermaKube master is deployed and contains the hardcoded password vulnerability in its codebase or configuration.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRemove the hard-coded password from the codebase and implement proper secret management such as environment variables, Kubernetes secrets, or a vault solution.
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