CVE-2022-43685 CKAN contains Improper Authentication leading to account takeover
Unauthenticated attackers can take over existing accounts, including superusers, by sending a user ID via HTTP POST in CKAN.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-43685?
CVE-2022-43685 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43685?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ckan. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
ckan PyPI | All versions | 2.9.7 |
ckan PyPI | All versions | 2.9.7 |
ckan PyPI | All versions | 2.9.7 |
Products include Okfn Ckan.
How do I fix CVE-2022-43685?
Upgrade ckan to 2.9.7 or later.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2022-43685 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43685 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2023-32321 CKAN remote code execution and private information access via crafted resource ids
- CVE-2023-32696 Excessive permissions for ckan user
- CVE-2023-22746 CKAN is vulnerable to session secret shared across instances using Docker images
- CVE-2026-42031 CKAN: Unauthenticated SQL Injection and Authorization Bypass in `datastore_search_sql`
- CVE-2024-41675 CKAN has a Cross-site Scripting vector in the Datatables view plugin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g, PYSEC-2022-42987.