CVE-2025-41240 – Mounted Kubernetes Secrets under a predictable path located within the web server document root

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2025-41240

24 Jul 2025 — Three Bitnami Helm charts mount Kubernetes Secrets under a predictable path (/opt/bitnami/*/secrets) that is located within the web server document root. In affected versions, this can lead to unauthenticated access to sensitive credentials via HTTP/S. A remote attacker could retrieve these secrets by accessing specific URLs if the application is exposed externally. The issue affects deployments using the default value of usePasswordFiles=true, which mounts secrets as files into the container filesystem. Th... • https://github.com/bitnami/charts/security/advisories/GHSA-wgg9-9qgw-529w • CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties •