CVE-2026-42860

HighPublic PoC

Published: 11 May 2026

Published

11 May 2026

Modified

13 May 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0030 21.8th percentile

Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-42860 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Openedx Edx-Enterprise. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 21.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-29168

Vulnerability details

The Open edx Enterprise Service app provides enterprise features to the Open edX platform. From 7.0.2 to 7.0.4, the sync_provider_data endpoint in SAMLProviderDataViewSet fetches SAML metadata from a URL stored in SAMLProviderConfig.metadata_source. An authenticated user with the Enterprise Admin role…

can set this field to an arbitrary URL via the SAMLProviderConfigViewSet PATCH endpoint, then trigger a server-side HTTP request by calling sync_provider_data. The fetch in fetch_metadata_xml() passes the URL directly to requests.get() with no scheme enforcement, IP filtering, or timeout. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.5.

CWE(s): CWE-918

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1046 Network Service Discovery Discovery

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts and local network infrastructure devices, including those that may be vulnerable to remote software exploitation.

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Why these techniques?

SSRF in web app endpoint directly enables exploitation of public-facing/enterprise application (T1190); arbitrary URL fetches facilitate internal network service discovery (T1046).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0