High severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 1, 2023· Updated Mar 6, 2025
Improper Preservation of Permissions in vantage6
CVE-2023-22738
Description
vantage6 is a privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure for secure insight exchange. Assigning existing users to a different organizations is currently possible. It may lead to unintended access: if a user from organization A is accidentally assigned to organization B, they will retain their permissions and therefore might be able to access stuff they should not be allowed to access. This issue is patched in version 3.8.0.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
vantage6PyPI | < 3.8.0 | 3.8.0 |
Affected products
2Patches
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References
5- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xhghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22738ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vantage6/PYSEC-2023-53.yamlghsaWEB
- github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/798aca1de142a4eca175ef51112e2235642f4f24ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xhghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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