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TI-2023-15972 Aliases CVE-2023-32696

Excessive permissions for ckan user

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals. Prior to versions 2.9.9 and 2.10.1, the `ckan` user (equivalent to www-data) owned code and configuration files in the docker container and the `ckan` user had the permissions to use sudo. These issues allowed for code execution or privilege escalation if an arbitrary file write bug was available. Versions 2.9.9, 2.9.9-dev, 2.10.1, and 2.10.1-dev contain a patch.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00794 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ckan-docker-base (ckan): 2.9.9, 2.10.1

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
ckanckan-docker-basebefore 2.9.9; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.12.9.9, 2.10.1Patch availableCNA
  • ckan-docker-base Vendorckan Affected before 2.9.9; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.1 Fixed in 2.9.9, 2.10.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.9.9Vulnerableckan
cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.10.0Vulnerableckan
  • cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.9.9 Vulnerable ·ckan
  • cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.10.0 Vulnerable ·ckan

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ckan-docker-base (ckan) Fixed in 2.9.9, 2.10.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-32696

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • 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-2022-21443 CKAN through 2.9.6 account takeovers by unauthenticated users when an existing user id is… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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