CVE-2025-61906: Opencast's editor accidentally publishes videos/overwrites publications #1626

Published Oct 8, 2025
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Updated

Opencast is a free, open-source platform to support the management of educational audio and video content. Prior to Opencast 17.8 and 18.2, in some situations, Opencast's editor may publish a video without notifying the user. This may lead to users accidentally publishing media not meant for publishing, and thus possibly exposing internal media. This risk of this actually impacting someone is very low, though. This can only be triggered by users with write access to an event. They also have to use the editor, which is usually an action taken if they want to publish media and not something users would use on internal media they do not want to publish. Finally, they have to first click on "Save & Publish" before then selecting the "Save" option. Nevertheless, while very unlikely, this can happen. This issue is fixed in Opencast 17.8 and 18.2.

Affected Software

3 affected components
Opencast Opencast<17.8, <18.2
Apereo Opencast<17.8
Apereo Opencast>=18.0<18.2

Event History

Oct 8, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:06 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:06 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·06:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-61906?

The severity of CVE-2025-61906 is moderate, as it may lead to accidental publication of media without user notification.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-61906?

To fix CVE-2025-61906, upgrade to Opencast version 17.8 or 18.2 or later.

3

What systems are affected by CVE-2025-61906?

CVE-2025-61906 affects Opencast versions prior to 17.8 and 18.2.

4

What actions are enabled by CVE-2025-61906?

CVE-2025-61906 allows an editor in Opencast to publish videos without notifying the user in certain situations.

5

Who should be concerned about CVE-2025-61906?

Users of Opencast versions before 17.8 and 18.2 should be concerned about CVE-2025-61906 due to the risk of unintended content publication.

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