CVE-2026-55421

Summary

Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. Prior to commit 00b7c3c, the endpoint accepts user-supplied files[].url, performs a server-side fetch using "requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)". The fetched bytes are then returned inside a ZIP response. This enables SSRF with response exfiltration. Redirect-following is enabled, and there is no timeout in the vulnerable fetch path. This issue has been patched via commit 00b7c3c.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
openedxopenedx-platform< 00b7c3ce418b487c5696b064fc5033594b045e75affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-918: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References