# CVE-2025-60949: Census CSWeb leaked configuration files

> Remote attackers can access exposed configuration files in Census CSWeb to steal secrets, requiring specific deployment configurations.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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:** 23 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2926-f789-68jv

## What is CVE-2025-60949?

CVE-2025-60949 is a critical vulnerability in Census CSWeb, published on 23 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Census CSWeb 8.0.1 allows "app/config" to be reachable via HTTP in some deployments. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send requests to configuration files and obtain leaked secrets. Fixed in 8.1.0 alpha.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-60949?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Csprousers Csweb.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-60949?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-60949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-60949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-60949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Census CSWeb

- [CVE-2025-60946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60946/): Census CSWeb path traversal (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-60947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60947/): Census CSWeb arbitrary file upload (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-60948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60948/): Census CSWeb stored XSS (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-60949 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-60949 is a critical vulnerability in Census CSWeb, published on 23 Mar 2026. 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-2025-60949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Census CSWeb. 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-2025-60949/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60949/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60949
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60949
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60949

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60949/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.