CKAN Vulnerable to Session Cookie Fixation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-384.
Summary
CKAN is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. Prior to 2.10.9 and 2.11.4, session ids could be fixed by an attacker if the site is configured with server-side session storage (CKAN uses cookie-based session storage by default). The attacker would need to either set a cookie on the victim's browser or steal the victim's currently valid session. Session identifiers are now regenerated after each login. This vulnerability has been fixed in CKAN 2.10.9 and 2.11.4
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ckan | ckan | before 2.10.9; 2.11.0 to before 2.11.4 | 2.10.9, 2.11.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | ckan (PyPI) | 2.10.0 to before 2.10.9 | 2.10.9 | Patch available | GHSA-2hvh-cw5c-8q8q |
| — | ckan (PyPI) | 2.11.0 to before 2.11.4 | 2.11.4 | Patch available | GHSA-2hvh-cw5c-8q8q |
- ckan Vendorckan Affected before 2.10.9; 2.11.0 to before 2.11.4 Fixed in 2.10.9, 2.11.4 Patch available CNA
- ckan (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.10.0 to before 2.10.9 Fixed in 2.10.9 Patch available GHSA-2hvh-cw5c-8q8q
- ckan (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.11.0 to before 2.11.4 Fixed in 2.11.4 Patch available GHSA-2hvh-cw5c-8q8q
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ckan (ckan) Fixed in 2.10.9, 2.11.4
- Fix · GHSA-2hvh-cw5c-8q8q ckan (PyPI) Fixed in 2.10.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2hvh-cw5c-8q8q ckan (PyPI) Fixed in 2.11.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-64100
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2hvh-cw5c-8q8q
References
More ckan vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-64100 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-64100 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2hvh-cw5c-8q8q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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