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TI-2023-10862 Aliases CVE-2023-25559

System account impersonation in DataHub

Priority LOW 38CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. When not using authentication for the metadata service, which is the default configuration, the Metadata service (GMS) will use the X-DataHub-Actor HTTP header to infer the user the frontend is sending the request on behalf of. When the backends retrieves the header, its name is retrieved in a case-insensitive way. This case differential can be abused by an attacker to smuggle an X-DataHub-Actor header with different casing (eg: X-DATAHUB-ACTOR). This issue may lead to an authorization bypass by allowing any user to impersonate the system user account and perform any actions on its behalf. This vulnerability was discovered and reported by the GitHub Security lab and is tracked as GHSL-2022-079.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0052 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed datahub (datahub-project): 0.8.45

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
datahub-projectdatahubbefore 0.8.450.8.45Patch availableCNA
  • datahub Vendordatahub-project Affected before 0.8.45 Fixed in 0.8.45 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:datahub:datahub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.8.45VulnerableDatahub
  • cpe:2.3:a:datahub:datahub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.8.45 Vulnerable ·Datahub

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA datahub (datahub-project) Fixed in 0.8.45

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-25559

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-18740 DataHub missing JWT signature check CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2024-14983 Default Privileges allow for high level operations for low privileged users in datahub CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-25771 Privilege escalation through email sign-up in datahub CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2023-25770 Session Expiration Misconfiguration in datahub CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2023-10860 Server-Side Request Forgery in DataHub CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-10863 JSON Injection in DataHub CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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