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CVE-2022-43685

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

• ckan: before 2.8.12; from 2.9.0 before 2.9.7 — fixed in 2.8.12, 2.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ckan 2.8.12, 2.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://ckan.org/
• https://ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022
• https://ckan.org/
• https://ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022

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