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TI-2023-23482 Aliases CVE-2023-43791GHSA-f475-x83m-rx5m

Label Studio has Hardcoded Django `SECRET_KEY` that can be Abused to Forge Session Tokens

Priority HIGH 82CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Label Studio is a multi-type data labeling and annotation tool with standardized output format. There is a vulnerability that can be chained within the ORM Leak vulnerability to impersonate any account on Label Studio. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to escalate their privileges from a low privilege user to a Django Super Administrator user. The vulnerability was found to affect versions before `1.8.2`, where a patch was introduced.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01241 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed label-studio (PyPI): 1.8.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
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
HumanSignallabel-studioup to 1.8.1—No fix listedCNA
—label-studio (PyPI)before 1.8.21.8.2Patch availableGHSA-f475-x83m-rx5m
  • label-studio VendorHumanSignal Affected up to 1.8.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • label-studio (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.8.2 Fixed in 1.8.2 Patch available GHSA-f475-x83m-rx5m

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:humansignal:label_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.8.2VulnerableHumanSignal
  • cpe:2.3:a:humansignal:label_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.8.2 Vulnerable ·HumanSignal

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-f475-x83m-rx5m label-studio (PyPI) Fixed in 1.8.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-43791
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f475-x83m-rx5m

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2025-18951 Label Studio allows Server-Side Request Forgery in the S3 Storage Endpoint CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2023-25457 Object Relational Mapper Leak Vulnerability in Filtering Task in Label Studio CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-17727 Label Studio vulnerable to full account takeover by chaining Stored XSS + IDOR in User Profile via custom_hotkeys field CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2025-30248 label-studio vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (Reflected) via the label_config parameter. CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2023-25455 Label Studio XSS Vulnerability on Avatar Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2025-18950 Label Studio allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via GET request to `/projects/upload-example` endpoint CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
See all 9 →

Sources

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