{"id":"CVE-2023-32696","aliases":["EUVD-2023-36925","GHSA-c74x-xfvr-x5wg"],"status":"published","title":"Excessive permissions for ckan user","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00794,"percentile":0.567,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2023-05-30T18:33:53Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:56Z","products":[{"vendor":"ckan","product":"ckan-docker-base"},{"vendor":"okfn","product":"ckan"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ckan/ckan-docker-base/security/advisories/GHSA-c74x-xfvr-x5wg","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/ckan/ckan-docker-base/commit/5483c46ce9b518a4e1b626ef7032cce2c1d75c7d","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/32xxx/CVE-2023-32696.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32696","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-32696","title":"Excessive permissions for ckan user","description":"CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals. 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Versions 2.9.9, 2.9.9-dev, 2.10.1, and 2.10.1-dev contain a patch.\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-05-30T19:15:10.023Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:59:24.753Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:03.795015Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-32696","title":"Excessive permissions for ckan user","description":"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. 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