# CVE-2024-41806: Open edX Platform's instructor upload CSV for cohort creation not Private by Default

> Instructors' uploaded CSV files containing learner data may be publicly accessible if using specific storage backends, exposing sensitive information.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4528-7fh6-x75c

## What is CVE-2024-41806?

CVE-2024-41806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openedx edx-platform, published on 25 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Open edX Platform is a learning management platform. Instructors can upload csv files containing learner information to create cohorts in the instructor dashboard. These files are uploaded using the django default storage. With certain storage backends, uploads may become publicly available when the uploader uses versions master, palm, olive, nutmeg, maple, lilac, koa, or juniper. The patch in commit cb729a3ced0404736dfa0ae768526c82b608657b ensures that cohorts data uploaded to AWS S3 buckets is written with a private ACL. Beyond patching, deployers should also ensure that existing cohorts uploads have a private ACL, or that other precautions are taken to avoid public access.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41806?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-41806?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41806 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41806 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41806 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41806 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openedx edx-platform, published on 25 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41806 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: openedx edx-platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41806/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41806/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41806
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41806
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41806

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41806/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.