# CVE-2025-48881: Valtimo backend libraries allows objects in the object-api to be accessed and modified by unauthorized users

- Also known as: GHSA-965R-9CG9-G42P
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.13.0.RELEASE
- Published: 2025-05-30 · Updated: 2025-06-04

## Affected

- valtimo-platform valtimo-backend-libraries: from 11.0.0.RELEASE, through 11.3.3.RELEASE; from 12.0.0.RELEASE, fixed in 12.13.0.RELEASE
- com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api (Maven): from 11.0.0.RELEASE, through 11.3.3.RELEASE
- com.ritense.valtimo:object-management (Maven): from 11.0.0.RELEASE, through 11.3.3.RELEASE
- com.ritense.valtimo:object-management (Maven): from 12.0.0.RELEASE, fixed in 12.13.0.RELEASE
- com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api (Maven): from 12.0.0.RELEASE, fixed in 12.13.0.RELEASE

## Description

Valtimo is a platform for Business Process Automation. In versions starting from 11.0.0.RELEASE to 11.3.3.RELEASE and 12.0.0.RELEASE to 12.12.0.RELEASE, all objects for which an object-management configuration exists can be listed, viewed, edited, created or deleted by unauthorised users. If object-urls are exposed via other channels, the contents of these objects can be viewed independent of object-management configurations. This issue has been patched in version 12.13.0.RELEASE. A workaround for this issue involves overriding the endpoint security as defined in ObjectenApiHttpSecurityConfigurer and ObjectManagementHttpSecurityConfigurer. Depending on the implementation, this could result in loss of functionality.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on valtimo-platform valtimo-backend-libraries, com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api, com.ritense.valtimo:object-management, upgrade to a fixed version (12.13.0.RELEASE) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/valtimo-platform/valtimo-backend-libraries/security/advisories/GHSA-965r-9cg9-g42p
- https://github.com/valtimo-platform/valtimo-backend-libraries/commit/6ab04b30d3dab816bfea32d40ba50e5dd4517272

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