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CVE-2023-43791: Label Studio has Hardcoded Django `SECRET_KEY` that can be Abused to Forge Session Tokens

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-11-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected products

• HumanSignal label-studio: before 1.8.2 — fixed in 1.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HumanSignal label-studio 1.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/HumanSignal/label-studio/commit/3d06c5131c15600621e08b06f07d976887cde81b
• https://github.com/HumanSignal/label-studio/pull/4690
• https://github.com/HumanSignal/label-studio/releases/tag/1.8.2
• https://github.com/HumanSignal/label-studio/security/advisories/GHSA-f475-x83m-rx5m
• https://github.com/HumanSignal/label-studio/commit/3d06c5131c15600621e08b06f07d976887cde81b
• https://github.com/HumanSignal/label-studio/pull/4690
• https://github.com/HumanSignal/label-studio/releases/tag/1.8.2
• https://github.com/HumanSignal/label-studio/security/advisories/GHSA-f475-x83m-rx5m

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