CVE-2023-43791

Label Studio has Hardcoded Django `SECRET_KEY` that can be Abused to Forge Session Tokens

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 9, 2023 at 02:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLabel Studio

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Label Studio is a multi-type data labeling and annotation tool with standardized output format. There is a vulnerability that can be chained within the ORM Leak vulnerability to impersonate any account on Label Studio. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to escalate their privileges from a low privilege user to a Django Super Administrator user. The vulnerability was found to affect versions before `1.8.2`, where a patch was introduced.

Affected

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

v < 1.8.2<= 1.8.1
Affected range stops below 1.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatableTotal impact

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CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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