Improper Preservation of Permissions in vantage6
Priority LOW 29CWE-281Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
vantage6 is a privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure for secure insight exchange. Assigning existing users to a different organizations is currently possible. It may lead to unintended access: if a user from organization A is accidentally assigned to organization B, they will retain their permissions and therefore might be able to access stuff they should not be allowed to access. This issue is patched in version 3.8.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00375 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed vantage6 (vantage6): 3.8.0vantage6 (PyPI): 3.8.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vantage6 | vantage6 | before 3.8.0 | 3.8.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | vantage6 (PyPI) | before 3.8.0 | 3.8.0 | Patch available | GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xh |
- vantage6 Vendorvantage6 Affected before 3.8.0 Fixed in 3.8.0 Patch available CNA
- vantage6 (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.8.0 Fixed in 3.8.0 Patch available GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xh
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.6.1; 3.7.0 – 3.7.3 | Vulnerable | vantage6 |
| cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:3.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8.0 rc1 | Vulnerable | vantage6 |
| cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:3.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8.0 rc2 | Vulnerable | vantage6 |
| cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:3.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8.0 rc3 | Vulnerable | vantage6 |
- cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.6.1; 3.7.0 – 3.7.3 Vulnerable ·vantage6
- cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:3.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·vantage6
- cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:3.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·vantage6
- cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:3.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.0 rc3 Vulnerable ·vantage6
Remediation
- Fix · CNA vantage6 (vantage6) Fixed in 3.8.0
- Fix · GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xh vantage6 (PyPI) Fixed in 3.8.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-22738
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xh
References
Advisory 2
More Vantage6 vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-14786 vantage6 unencrypted task can be created in encrypted collaboration CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2024-14378 vantage6 insecure SSH configuration for node and server containers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-14374 Remote code execution in vantage6 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-09727 Refresh tokens do not expire in Vantage6 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-25773 vantage6 Node accepts non-whitelisted algorithms from malicious server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-09728 vantage6's Pickle serialization is insecure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2023-22738 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-22738 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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