CVE-2021-43821: apereo opencast

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-43821 is a critical (CVSS 9.9) vulnerability in apereo opencast. EPSS estimates a 2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 14-12-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Opencast is an Open Source Lecture Capture & Video Management for Education. Opencast before version 9.10 or 10.6 allows references to local file URLs in ingested media packages, allowing attackers to include local files from Opencast's host machines and making them available via the web interface. Before Opencast 9.10 and 10.6, Opencast would open and include local files during ingests. Attackers could exploit this to include most local files the process has read access to, extracting secrets from the host machine. An attacker would need to have the privileges required to add new media to exploit this. But these are often widely given. The issue has been fixed in Opencast 10.6 and 11.0. You can mitigate this issue by narrowing down the read access Opencast has to files on the file system using UNIX permissions or mandatory access control systems like SELinux. This cannot prevent access to files Opencast needs to read though and we highly recommend updating.

• CWE-552Files or Directories Accessible to External PartiesThe product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.