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SCA: security update for ckan (GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412026
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals. Starting in version
2.0.0 and prior to versions 2.9.10 and 2.10.3, when submitting a POST request to the `/dataset/new`
endpoint (including either the auth cookie or the `Authorization` header) with a specially-crafted field,
an attacker can create an out-of-memory error in the hosting server. To trigger this error, the attacker
need to have permissions to create or edit datasets. This vulnerability has been patched in CKAN 2.10.3
and 2.9.10. (CVE-2023-50248)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 412026
Version: Revision 1.5
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 6/1/2026
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50248
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-50248
cwe: CWE-130