Medium severity4.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-50248
CVE-2023-50248
Description
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
ckanPyPI | >= 2.0, < 2.9.10 | 2.9.10 |
ckanPyPI | >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.3 | 2.10.3 |
Affected products
3Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/bd02018b65c5b81d7ede195d00d0fcbac3aa33benvdPatchWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50248ghsaADVISORY
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