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CVE-2026-48241: Open ISES Tickets < 3.44.2 Hardcoded MySQL Database Credentials in loader.php

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-21 · updated 2026-07-23
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 contains hardcoded MySQL database credentials in loader.php (a public-facing database utility) that are committed to the source repository. Any actor with access to the public source tree (or an unauthenticated attacker with read access to the file on a deployed installation) can read the username, password, and database name and use them to connect to the database if it is reachable from their network.

Affected products

• Open ISES Tickets: before 3.44.2 — fixed in 3.44.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Open ISES Tickets 3.44.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openises/tickets/commit/ecfeb406a016766cae81c749e14b5145a9f2dbff
• https://github.com/openises/tickets/releases/tag/v3.44.2
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-ises-tickets-hardcoded-mysql-credentials-in-loader-php

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