A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in QingdaoU OnlineJudge up to 1.6.1. Affected by this issue is the function
service_url of the file JudgeServer.service_url of the component judge_server_heartbeat Endpoint. The manipulation results in server-side request forgery.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-5538. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.
The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.