# CVE-2025-54876: Jans CLI stores plaintext passwords in the local cli_cmd.log file

> Attackers with local access can read plaintext passwords from the CLI log file in the Janssen identity management platform.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 23 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2f4x-m695-jvp3

## What is CVE-2025-54876?

CVE-2025-54876 is a medium-severity vulnerability in JanssenProject jans, published on 5 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Janssen Project is an open-source identity and access management (IAM) platform. In versions 1.9.0 and below, Janssen stores passwords in plaintext in the local cli_cmd.log file. This is fixed in the nightly prerelease.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54876?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-54876?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54876 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-54876 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54876 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54876 is a medium-severity vulnerability in JanssenProject jans, published on 5 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: JanssenProject jans. 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-2025-54876/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54876/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54876
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54876
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54876

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54876/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.