Open edX Platform AWS S3 Bucket information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Open edX Platform. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component AWS S3 Bucket Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-41806. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Open edX Platform (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component AWS S3 Bucket Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Open edX Platform is a learning management platform. Instructors can upload csv files containing learner information to create cohorts in the instructor dashboard. These files are uploaded using the django default storage. With certain storage backends, uploads may become publicly available when the uploader uses versions master, palm, olive, nutmeg, maple, lilac, koa, or juniper. The patch in commit cb729a3ced0404736dfa0ae768526c82b608657b ensures that cohorts data uploaded to AWS S3 buckets is written with a private ACL. Beyond patching, deployers should also ensure that existing cohorts uploads have a private ACL, or that other precautions are taken to avoid public access.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-41806 since 07/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Applying the patch cb729a3ced0404736dfa0ae768526c82b608657b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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• Open edX

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• open-source

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