# CVE-2026-55421: Open edX Platform: SSRF in Studio Video Download Endpoint

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-02 · Updated: 2026-09-04

## Affected

- openedx openedx-platform: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openedx openedx-platform, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fpf9-9rpr-jvrx
- https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/00b7c3ce418b487c5696b064fc5033594b045e75
- https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/241b914a191ec24658b9cde75a7114db40a5d53a
- https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/c9831c2c9f53b7aa9a61d80e6d91a9941ce52ec6

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