Kolibri has Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in RemoteFacilityUserViewset
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Kolibri is an offline-first education platform. Prior to version 0.19.4, several Kolibri API endpoints accept an unvalidated `baseurl` parameter and fetch attacker-controlled URLs from the Kolibri server, reflecting the response body back to the caller. The original report identified two endpoints on the `RemoteFacilityUser*` viewsets; remediation review found two further reflection points on the same pattern. The GET endpoint was unauthenticated. Version 0.19.4 fixes the vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| learningequality | kolibri | before 0.19.4 | 0.19.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | kolibri (PyPI) | before 0.19.4 | 0.19.4 | Patch available | GHSA-4mj9-pf4r-cqrc |
- kolibri Vendorlearningequality Affected before 0.19.4 Fixed in 0.19.4 Patch available CNA
- kolibri (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.19.4 Fixed in 0.19.4 Patch available GHSA-4mj9-pf4r-cqrc
Remediation
- Fix · CNA kolibri (learningequality) Fixed in 0.19.4
- Fix · GHSA-4mj9-pf4r-cqrc kolibri (PyPI) Fixed in 0.19.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48053
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4mj9-pf4r-cqrc
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-48053 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48053 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4mj9-pf4r-cqrc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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