High severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2022· Updated Apr 29, 2025

CVE-2022-43685

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ckanPyPI	< 2.9.7	2.9.7

Affected products

Ckan/Ckancpe-rescue
ghsa-coords
pkg:pypi/ckan
Range: < 2.9.7

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6gghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43685ghsaADVISORY
ckan.orgghsaWEB
ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022ghsaWEB
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ckan/PYSEC-2022-42987.yamlghsaWEB
ckan.orgmitre

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