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TI-2026-74872 Aliases CVE-2026-55875

Server-side request forgery in Helium external calendar feed

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

HeliumEdu Helium platform before 2.2.60 accepts an arbitrary URL for an external calendar and fetches it server-side without checking the destination (CWE-918). An authenticated user can make the server send requests to external or internal hosts and infer which internal hosts and ports are reachable from differing responses. The advisory does not demonstrate retrieval of secrets.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

Helium is a free online student planner for classes, homework, grades, and notes. Prior to 2.2.60, any authenticated user can submit an arbitrary URL to POST /feed/externalcalendars/, where helium/feed/services/icalexternalcalendarservice.py uses validate_url to check only URL syntax before passing the value to urllib.request.urlopen, and fetch_ical_conditional periodically refetches the stored URL. The server can therefore issue requests to attacker-selected external or internal hosts, while distinct responses, including an uncaught http.client.RemoteDisconnected condition for non-HTTP services, reveal internal host and port reachability. The supported impact is forced outbound requests and internal service reconnaissance; the advisory does not demonstrate secret retrieval because the relevant ECS credentials path is task-specific and unpredictable. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.60.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0021 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed platform (HeliumEdu): 2.2.60

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HeliumEduplatformbefore 2.2.602.2.60Patch availableCNA
  • platform VendorHeliumEdu Affected before 2.2.60 Fixed in 2.2.60 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Upgrade the HeliumEdu platform to version 2.2.60, which fixes this issue.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

  • Fix · CNA platform (HeliumEdu) Fixed in 2.2.60

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55875

References

  • TI-2026-74873 Stored cross-site scripting in Helium via uploaded SVG attachments CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5

Sources

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