# CVE-2025-49828: Conjur OSS and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly Conjur Enterprise) Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution

> An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary Ruby code by injecting secrets or templates into the Conjur Secrets Manager database via an exposed API endpoint.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-93hx-v9pv-qrm4

## What is CVE-2025-49828?

CVE-2025-49828 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in cyberark conjur, published on 15 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Conjur provides secrets management and application identity for infrastructure. Conjur OSS versions 1.19.5 through 1.21.1 and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly known as Conjur Enterprise) 13.1 through 13.4.1 are vulnerable to remote code execution An authenticated attacker who can inject secrets or templates into the Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted database could take advantage of an exposed API endpoint to execute arbitrary Ruby code within the Secrets Manager process. This issue affects both Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly Conjur Enterprise) and Conjur OSS. Conjur OSS version 1.21.2 and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted version 13.5 fix the issue.

Weakness: CWE-1336 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49828?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cyberark Conjur.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-49828?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49828 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-49828 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49828 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in cyberark conjur

- [CVE-2025-49827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49827/): Conjur OSS and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly Conjur Enterprise) Vulnerable to Bypass of IAM Authenticator (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-49831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49831/): Auth bypass in conjur (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-49830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49830/): Path traversal in conjur (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-49829](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49829/): Conjur OSS and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly Conjur Enterprise) missing validations (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49828 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-49828 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in cyberark conjur, published on 15 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49828 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cyberark conjur. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49828/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49828/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49828
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49828
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49828

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49828/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.