Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. From Aspen.1 until Ulmo and Verawood.1, openedx/core/lib/extract_archive.py uses _is_bad_path to validate safe_extractall targets by comparing resolved path strings with startswith instead of comparing path components. A course author or staff user with course import permission can submit a crafted .tar.gz archive through the import_olx flow initiated by cms.djangoapps.contentstore.views.import_export.import_handler. An archive member can therefore escape into a sibling course staging directory whose name shares the attacker's base64 directory prefix, causing limited cross-tenant file corruption. Zip archives are not practically affected because ZipFile.extractall strips parent traversal segments, and the advisory does not establish arbitrary filesystem writes, file reads, or direct code execution. This issue is fixed in Ulmo and Verawood.1.
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18 Sep 2026, 21:18
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Information
Published : 2026-09-18 21:18
Updated : 2026-09-24 21:20
NVD link : CVE-2026-85272
Mitre link : CVE-2026-85272
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-85272
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CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
