2014-04-04 Instructure Advisory IAC74086 - Cross Account Enrollments

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SECURITY UPDATE

Release Date:	2014-04-04 (Last update can be found below the document title)
Description:	Cross Account Enrollment Creation
Criticality Level:	Highly Critical ( Less Critical < Critical < Moderately Critical < Highly Critical )
Impact:	Exposure of Sensitive Data
Systems Affected:	Canvas LMS
Solution Status:	Patched
Discovered By:	Kira Lawrence, Carol Cobb
Relevant Changesets:	enrollments API requires pseudonym on course's root account · instructure/canvas-lms@f0a17fe · GitHu...

Summary:

A bug in permissions checking could allow a malicious admin or teacher to enroll users in their course that they wouldn't normally be allowed to. This could allow access to basic user information.

Status:

Fixed in Canvas Cloud. Does not affect Canvas CV, as it is not multi-tenant.

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Jordan has had various roles in the ed tech software (SAAS) industry for the past 9 years. (almost 5 years with Instructure). In his previous company he was a Client Services Manager for two years (responsible for account management, implementation, project management, and training, for each of his customers). After a year and a half he was commissioned to build a training department, all policies and procedures, and deliver training for all customers. Over the past eight years he has been in charge of conceiving, producing and deploying eLearning initiatives and strategies. He has trained over 3,000 adult learners with a wide range of technical aptitude, including K-12 Teachers, Principals, Administrators, Superintendents, Higher Ed Professors, Doctors, CTO’s, and Corporate Business Professionals and Executives. Jordan is an instructional designer and Community Manager for Instructure with a focus on connecting Canvas users with tools and resources that will help them get excited about and become proficient in utilizing the Canvas Learning Platform.