Critical 9.9Published May 11, 2026

CVE-2026-42858Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 13:40 UTC)

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Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. The sync_provider_data endpoint in SAMLProviderDataViewSet allows authenticated Enterprise Admin users to supply an arbitrary URL via the metadata_url POST parameter. This URL is passed directly to requests.get() in fetch_metadata_xml() without any URL validation, IP filtering, or scheme enforcement. An attacker with Enterprise Admin privileges can force the server to make HTTP requests to internal network services, cloud metadata endpoints (e.g., AWS 169.254.169.254), or other attacker-controlled destinations. This vulnerability is fixed by commit 6fda1f120ff5a590d120ae1180185525f399c6d0 and 70a56246dd9c9df57c596e64bdd8a11b1d9da054.

CVSS: 9.9 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-918
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

openedx openedx openedx:openedx	before 2026-04-24	NVD

References

https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/6fda1f120ff5a590d120ae1180185525f399c6d0patch
https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/70a56246dd9c9df57c596e64bdd8a11b1d9da054patch
https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-328g-7h4g-r2m9exploit, vendor-advisory

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