Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in OpenRefine (CVE-2026-108553)
Summary
Vulnerability in OpenRefine (CVE-2026-108553). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
OpenRefine through 3.10.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the get-rows command that allows remote attackers to execute Jython facet expressions. Attackers can lure a user to a malicious page issuing a cross-origin GET with a crafted engine parameter, executing operating system commands as the OpenRefine user.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-108553 has been found in OpenRefine.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OpenRefine CVE-2026-108553" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-108553 (OpenRefine) — CWE-352 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
CSRF (CWE-352) exists in OpenRefine.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OpenRefine.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'OpenRefine' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'OpenRefine' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
OpenRefineを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-108553 openrefine
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-108553 openrefine