FKIE_CVE-2022-43685

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-11-22 01:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:07
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
CKAN through 2.9.6 account takeovers by unauthenticated users when an existing user id is sent via an HTTP POST request. This allows a user to take over an existing account including superuser accounts.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://ckan.org/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ckan.org/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:07:07.077",
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