# CVE-2026-39985: LORIS has an open redirect field on login

> Attackers can trick users into visiting malicious sites via unvalidated login redirect parameters in the LORIS neuroimaging platform.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rch2-f5fw-cg95

## What is CVE-2026-39985?

CVE-2026-39985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in aces Loris, published on 9 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

LORIS (Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System) is a self-hosted web application that provides data- and project-management for neuroimaging research. Prior to 27.0.3 and 28.0.1, the redirect parameter upon login to LORIS was not validating the value of the redirect as being within LORIS, which could be used to trick users into visiting arbitrary URLs if they are given a link with a third party redirect parameter. This vulnerability is fixed in 27.0.3 and 28.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-39985?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcgill Loris.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-39985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-39985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-39985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-39985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in aces Loris

- [CVE-2026-35169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-35169/): LORIS has potential cross-site scripting in help_editor module (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-26984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26984/): LORIS media module vulnerable to remote code execution (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-26985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26985/): LORIS vulnerable to path traversal in electrophysiology_browser (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2026-35446](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-35446/): LORIS has a path traversal in FilesDownloadHandler (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2026-33350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33350/): LORIS has a SQL injection in MRI feedback popup (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-39985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-39985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in aces Loris, published on 9 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-39985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: aces Loris. 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-2026-39985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39985/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-39985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-39985

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39985/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.