Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-36465
CVE-2023-36465
Description
Decidim is a participatory democracy framework, written in Ruby on Rails, originally developed for the Barcelona City government online and offline participation website. The templates module doesn't enforce the correct permissions, allowing any logged-in user to access to this functionality in the administration panel. An attacker could use this vulnerability to change, create or delete templates of surveys. This issue has been patched in version 0.26.8 and 0.27.4.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
decidimRubyGems | >= 0.23.2, < 0.26.8 | 0.26.8 |
decidim-templatesRubyGems | >= 0.23.2, < 0.26.8 | 0.26.8 |
decidim-templatesRubyGems | >= 0.27.0, < 0.27.4 | 0.27.4 |
decidimRubyGems | >= 0.27.0, < 0.27.4 | 0.27.4 |
Affected products
4- ghsa-coords2 versions
>= 0.23.2, < 0.26.8+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0.23.2, < 0.26.8
- (no CPE)range: >= 0.23.2, < 0.26.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/advisories/GHSA-639h-86hw-qcjqghsaADVISORY
- github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-639h-86hw-qcjqnvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36465ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.8nvdRelease NotesWEB
- github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.4nvdRelease NotesWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim-templates/CVE-2023-36465.ymlghsaWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim/CVE-2023-36465.ymlghsaWEB
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