GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-w757-4qv9-mghp openc3-api Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

CRITICAL Published 2026-01-13 Modified 2026-01-14 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-68271
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
openc3
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-95
Reviewed
2026-01-13

Affected packages

• RubyGems openc3: >= 5.0.6, < 6.10.2 → fixed in 6.10.2

Description

Summary OpenC3 COSMOS contains a critical remote code execution vulnerability reachable through the JSON-RPC API. When a JSON-RPC request uses the string form of certain APIs, attacker-controlled parameter text is parsed into values using String#convert_to_value. For array-like inputs, convert_to_value executes eval(). Because the cmd code path parses the command string before calling authorize(), an unauthenticated attacker can trigger Ruby code execution even though the request ultimately fails authorization (401).

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-68271 OpenC3 COSMOS provides the functionality needed to send commands to and receive data from one or more embedded systems. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code weakness

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