Vulnerability · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-82802NASA earthdata-search granules Endpoint handler.js OpenSearchGranuleSearchLambda server-side request forgery

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity server-side request forgery in earthdata-search from NASA. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw has been found in NASA earthdata-search 1.0.0. Affected by this issue is the function OpenSearchGranuleSearchLambda of the file serverless/src/openSearchGranuleSearch/handler.js of the component granules Endpoint. Executing a manipulation of the argument openSearchOsdd can lead to server-side request forgery. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NASA	earthdata-search	1.0.0

Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-397223 | NASA earthdata-search granules Endpoint handler.js OpenSearchGranuleSearchLambda server-side request forgery vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-397223 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
CVE-2026-82802 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
Submit #881828 | Nasa earthdata-search 1.0.0 Server-Side Request Forgery third-party-advisory
https://github.com/natanmorette-thoropass/thoropass-vuln-research-program/tree/main/2026/Unauthenticated%20OpenSearch%20Granule%20SSRF exploit