๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-42088

CRITICAL 9.6

OpenC3 COSMOS: Administrative Actions via the Script Runner Tool

CVSS Score
9.6
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

OpenC3 COSMOS provides the functionality needed to send commands to and receive data from one or more embedded systems. Prior to version 7.0.0-rc3, the Script Runner widget allows users to execute Python and Ruby scripts directly from the openc3-COSMOS-script-runner-api container. Because all the docker containers share a network, users can execute specially crafted scripts to bypass the API permissions check and perform administrative actions, including reading and modifying data inside the Redis database, which can be used to read secrets and change COSMOS settings, as well as read and write to the buckets service, which holds configuration, log, and plugin files. These actions are normally only available from the Admin Console or with administrative privileges. Any user with permission to create and run scripts can connect to any service in the docker network. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.0-rc3.

CWE CWE-250
Vendor openc3
Product cosmos
Published May 4, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

OpenC3 / cosmos
< 7.0.0-rc3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/security/advisories/GHSA-2wvh-87g2-89hr github.com: https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/releases/tag/v7.0.0 github.com: https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/releases/tag/v7.0.0-rc3