CVE-2023-32696

Excessive permissions for ckan user

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 30, 2023 at 06:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCkanCkan

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals. Prior to versions 2.9.9 and 2.10.1, the `ckan` user (equivalent to www-data) owned code and configuration files in the docker container and the `ckan` user had the permissions to use sudo. These issues allowed for code execution or privilege escalation if an arbitrary file write bug was available. Versions 2.9.9, 2.9.9-dev, 2.10.1, and 2.10.1-dev contain a patch.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.9.92.10.0
Affected range stops below 2.9.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.10.1v < 2.9.9
Affected range stops below 2.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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