CVE-2025-54876

Jans CLI stores plaintext passwords in the local cli_cmd.log file

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:40 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorJanssen Project (jans)

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Severity
MEDIUM6.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < nightly
Affected range stops below nightly, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.9MEDIUMGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-522

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