TI-2022-21443 Aliases CVE-2022-43685 GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g

CKAN through 2.9.6 account takeovers by unauthenticated users when an existing user id is…

MEDIUM 41CWE-862Published 2022-11-22 · Updated 2025-04-29

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00739 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed ckan (PyPI): 2.9.7

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	ckan (PyPI)	before 2.9.7	2.9.7	Patch available	GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
ckan (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.9.7 Fixed in 2.9.7 Patch available GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan::::::::	before 2.8.12; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.7	Vulnerable	ckan

cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.8.12; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.7 Vulnerable ·ckan

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g ckan (PyPI) Fixed in 2.9.7 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-43685
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

TI-2026-29863 CKAN: CSRF exemption primed by anonymous requests CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2021-07973 CKAN - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via SVG File Upload CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2023-15615 CKAN remote code execution and private information access via crafted resource ids CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-30410 CKAN: Unauthenticated SQL Injection and Authorization Bypass in `datastore_search_sql` CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
TI-2023-08919 CKAN is vulnerable to session secret shared across instances using Docker images CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2023-15972 Excessive permissions for ckan user CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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