CVE-2025-61680 Minecraft RCON Terminal: Plain Text Password Storage in Configuration
An attacker with local access can read plaintext RCON passwords from the VS Code settings file, compromising Minecraft server credentials.
- 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-2025-61680?
CVE-2025-61680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in jaketcooper Minecraft-rcon, published on 3 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Minecraft RCON Terminal is a VS Code extension that streamlines Minecraft server management. Versions 0.1.0 through 2.0.6 stores passwords using VS Code's configuration API which writes to settings.json in plaintext. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.
Weakness: CWE-256
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61680?
How do I fix CVE-2025-61680?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-61680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-61680 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-61680 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4m33-hxqw-7j77.