GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5

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    GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5

    Published: 13 Dec 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Out of memory error when submitting the dataset form with a specially-crafted field

    Details: ### Impact 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 user needs to have permissions to create or edit datasets. ### Patches This vulnerability has been patched in CKAN 2.10.3 and 2.9.10

    References: https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50248, https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/bd02018b65c5b81d7ede195d00d0fcbac3aa33be, https://github.com/ckan/ckan

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ckan

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ckan

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.0
    Fixed -2.9.10

    Affected versions

    2.0
    2.0.1
    2.0.7
    2.0.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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