CVE-2025-12548 PUBLISHED

Github.com/che-incubator/che-code: eclipse che — unauthenticated rce and secret exfiltration via tcp/3333

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 31.10.2025 Published: 13.01.2026 Updated: 21.01.2026

A flaw was found in Eclipse Che che-machine-exec. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote arbitrary command execution and secret exfiltration (SSH keys, tokens, etc.) from other users' Developer Workspace containers, via an unauthenticated JSON-RPC / websocket API exposed on TCP port 3333.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.22
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from sha256:3de7dd8077a9201eb7ff56c340629184773d6c06de9d6e083e13c5b51a82009c to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.23
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from sha256:a6fe7e233fa23e1fff9c74c5d4cbe800534561131b5be59533e88ede24452e3a to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.24
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from sha256:ced0e45c01cb5f473deb4fb137249b743b907d27172fbabd223024c4000ba56f to * (excl.)

Workarounds

Apply the security best practices from the Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces Administration Guide: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_dev_spaces/3.24/html/administration_guide/security-best-practices

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Richard Leach (LME) for reporting this issue.

References

Problem Types

  • Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE