CKAN contains Improper Authentication leading to account takeover

GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g · CVE-2022-43685 · PYSEC-2022-42987

Published Nov 22, 2022 · Modified Apr 29, 2025

Description

CKAN through 2.9.6 account takeovers by unauthenticated users when an existing user id is sent via an HTTP POST request. This allows a user to take over an existing account including superuser accounts.

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43685
WEB https://ckan.org
WEB https://ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022
PACKAGE https://github.com/ckan/ckan
WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ckan/PYSEC-2022-42987.yaml

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