Security advisory

{
  "id": "7e3616fdd0d559e847bf3f56d502c65380df42613c65c2c5e088c3139bc26f4d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43685",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-43685",
    "summary": "CKAN through 2.9.6 account takeovers by unauthenticated users when an existing user id is sent via an HTTP POST request. This allows a user to take over an existing account including superuser accounts.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-43685",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-43685",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-43685",
        "GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g",
        "PYSEC-2022-42987"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ckan/ckan",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d843f5e85879e442acde7d679b622014b3518746"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "ba0120dc0c798bbc9b6d8e9ad83db01a197ea179"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0d714b258668ee78a0b19182c53b34689629df37"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.8.12"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.9.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.9.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "ckan-2.8.11",
            "ckan-2.9.6",
            "ckan-2.9.5",
            "ckan-2.8.10",
            "ckan-2.9.4",
            "ckan-2.9.3",
            "ckan-2.8.8",
            "ckan-2.9.2",
            "ckan-2.8.7",
            "ckan-2.9.1",
            "ckan-2.8.6",
            "ckan-2.8.5",
            "ckan-2.9.0",
            "ckan-2.8.4",
            "ckan-2.8.3",
            "ckan-2.8.2",
            "ckan-2.8.1",
            "ckan-2.8.0",
            "ckan-1.5",
            "ckan-1.4.3",
            "ckan-1.3.3b"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-43685.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:46.201674442Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://ckan.org/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/43xxx/CVE-2022-43685.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43685",
        "https://ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/43xxx/CVE-2022-43685.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-43685",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 514377,
  "published_at": "2022-11-22T00:00:00+00:00"
}