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PYSEC-2022-42987

Quick fix

PYSEC-2022-42987 — ckan: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'ckan>=2.9.7'

Details

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.

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Affected packages

PyPI/ckan

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2.9.7

Fixpip install --upgrade 'ckan>=2.9.7'

References

https://ckan.org/[WEB]
https://ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022[ARTICLE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2xp-jxfg-qq6g[ADVISORY]