CVE-2026-28228: OpenOlat is an open source web-based e-learning platform for teaching, learning, assessment and communication. Prior to versions 19.1.31, 20.1.18, and 20.2.5…

PriorityP261high8.8CVSS 3.1

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EPSS

0.41%

33.1th percentile

OpenOlat is an open source web-based e-learning platform for teaching, learning, assessment and communication. Prior to versions 19.1.31, 20.1.18, and 20.2.5, an authenticated user with the Author role can inject Velocity directives into a reminder email template. When the reminder is processed (either triggered manually or via the daily cron job), the injected directives are evaluated server-side. By chaining Velocity's #set directive with Java reflection, an attacker can instantiate arbitrary Java classes such as java.lang.ProcessBuilder and execute operating system commands with the privileges of the Tomcat process (typically root in containerized deployments). This issue has been patched in versions 19.1.31, 20.1.18, and 20.2.5.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
frentix	openolat	< 19.1.31	19.1.31
frentix	openolat	>= 20.0.0 < 20.1.18	20.1.18
frentix	openolat	>= 20.2.0 < 20.2.5	20.2.5
openolat	openolat	< 19.1.31	19.1.31
openolat	openolat	< 20.1.18	20.1.18
openolat	openolat	< 20.2.5	20.2.5

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