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TI-2026-29760 Aliases CVE-2026-41132GHSA-mpfm-fpgx-647q

CKAN: No certificate validation on STMP connection

Priority LOW 37CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

CKAN is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. Prior to 2.10.10 and 2.11.5, the configured SMTP server may be spoofed with any certificate (e.g. self-signed), leaving credentials and all emails sent open to MITM attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.10.10 and 2.11.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00194 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ckan (ckan): 2.11.5, 2.10.10ckan (PyPI): 2.11.5, 2.10.10

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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
ckanckan2.11.0 to before 2.11.5; before 2.10.102.11.5, 2.10.10Patch availableCNA
—ckan (PyPI)2.11.0 to before 2.11.52.11.5Patch availableGHSA-mpfm-fpgx-647q
—ckan (PyPI)before 2.10.102.10.10Patch availableGHSA-mpfm-fpgx-647q
  • ckan Vendorckan Affected 2.11.0 to before 2.11.5; before 2.10.10 Fixed in 2.11.5, 2.10.10 Patch available CNA
  • ckan (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.11.0 to before 2.11.5 Fixed in 2.11.5 Patch available GHSA-mpfm-fpgx-647q
  • ckan (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.10.10 Fixed in 2.10.10 Patch available GHSA-mpfm-fpgx-647q

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.10.10; 2.11.0 to before 2.11.5Vulnerableckan
  • cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.10.10; 2.11.0 to before 2.11.5 Vulnerable ·ckan

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ckan (ckan) Fixed in 2.11.5, 2.10.10
  • Fix · GHSA-mpfm-fpgx-647q ckan (PyPI) Fixed in 2.11.5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-mpfm-fpgx-647q ckan (PyPI) Fixed in 2.10.10 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41132
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mpfm-fpgx-647q

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • 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
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Sources

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