CVE-2025-54955 Race condition in OpenNebula
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a race condition in FireEdge to steal valid JWTs and achieve full account takeover in OpenNebula.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-54955?
CVE-2025-54955 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenNebula, published on 2 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenNebula Community Edition (CE) before 7.0.0 and Enterprise Edition (EE) before 6.10.3 have a critical FireEdge race condition that can lead to full account takeover. By exploiting this, an unauthenticated attacker can obtain a valid JSON Web Token (JWT) belonging to a legitimate user without knowledge of their credentials.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54955?
How do I fix CVE-2025-54955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54955 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-54955 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-54955 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-236c-586c-7q48, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54955.