What is CVE-2026-48242?

CVE-2026-48242 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-2026-48242?

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

Vulnerability in Open Ises Tickets

CVE-2026-48242

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.

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 (42.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.1% 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-i… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-48242?: CVE-2026-48242 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-2026-48242?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.