Files Accessible to External Parties in Opencast
Opencast before version 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.
Impact
Before Opencast 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.
For example, to expose the custom.properties of develop.opencast.org via the asset manager, an attacker could have run:
curl -f -i -u admin:opencast \
https://develop.opencast.org/ingest/addMediaPackage/fast \
-F 'flavor=presenter/source'\
-F mediaUri=file:///srv/opencast/opencast-dist-allinone/etc/custom.properties\
-F title="custom.properties"An attacker would need to have the privileges required to add new media to exploit this. But these are often widely given.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in Opencast 10.6 and 11.0.
Workarounds
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.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in our issue tracker
- Email us at security@opencast.org
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl | < 10.6 | 10.6 |
Referencias
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-59g4-hpg3-3gcp
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43821
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/65c46b9d3e8f045c544881059923134571897764
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast/blob/69952463971cf578363e3b97d8edaf334ff51253/modules/ingest-service-impl/src/main/java/org/opencastproject/ingest/impl/IngestServiceImpl.java#L1587
- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.opencastproject/opencast-ingest-service-impl
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-552- Plataforma
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Paquete
org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl- Publicada
- 14.12.2021
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 12:22
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-59g4-hpg3-3gcp - CC BY 4.0
Historial de vulnerabilidades: org.opencastproject:opencast-ingest-service-impl
Todas las vulnerabilidades publicadas de este paquete (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), de la más reciente a la más antigua. Muestra si es un fallo aislado o un paquete que hay que vigilar.
- Entradas en total
- 3
- Primera → última
- 12.2021 07.2025
- Sin corrección
- 0
- Explotada en ataques
- 0
Distribución por gravedad
- Crítica 1
- Media 2
Divulgaciones por año
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 1
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 1
- 2026: 0
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