CKAN up to 2.9.8/2.10.0 sudo privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CKAN up to 2.9.8/2.10.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component sudo Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-32696. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in CKAN up to 2.9.8/2.10.0. This affects an unknown functionality of the component sudo Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 05/30/2023 as GHSA-c74x-xfvr-x5wg. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-32696 since 05/11/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.9.9, 2.9.9-dev, 2.10.1 or 2.10.1-dev eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5483c46ce9b518a4e1b626ef7032cce2c1d75c7d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Name

• CKAN

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.9.0
• 2.9.1
• 2.9.2
• 2.9.3
• 2.9.4
• 2.9.5
• 2.9.6
• 2.9.7
• 2.9.8
• 2.10.0

License

• open-source

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