What is CVE-2026-48241?

CVE-2026-48241 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open Ises Tickets, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-48241?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Open Ises Tickets

CVE-2026-48241

Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 contains hardcoded MySQL database credentials in loader.php (a public-facing database utility) that are committed to the source repository. Any actor with access to the public source tree (or an unauthenticated attacker with read access to the file on a deployed installation) can read the username, password, and database name and use them to connect to the database if it is reachable from their network.

Published 2026-05-21 · last modified 2026-07-23.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Open Ises Tickets — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

github.com/openises/tickets/releases/tag/v3.44.2 (release-notes)
github.com/openises/tickets/commit/ecfeb406a016766cae81c749e14b5145a9f2dbff (patch)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-ises-tickets-hardcoded-mysql-credentials-in-l… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-48241?: CVE-2026-48241 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open Ises Tickets, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-48241?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.