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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-50248 · published 13 December 2023

CVE-2023-50248: Okfn ckan vulnerability

Okfn · Ckan

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.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.58% · top 54.5% CWE-130 · CWE-130
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.58%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/bd02018b65c5b81d7ede195d00d0fcbac3aa33be Patch
https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/bd02018b65c5b81d7ede195d00d0fcbac3aa33be Patch
https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-50248), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.