# CVE-2023-32696: Excessive permissions for ckan user

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- 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: 2.9.9, 2.10.1
- Published: 2023-05-30 · Updated: 2025-01-09

## Affected

- ckan ckan-docker-base: fixed in 2.9.9; from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.10.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ckan ckan-docker-base, upgrade to a fixed version (2.9.9, 2.10.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ckan/ckan-docker-base/security/advisories/GHSA-c74x-xfvr-x5wg
- https://github.com/ckan/ckan-docker-base/commit/5483c46ce9b518a4e1b626ef7032cce2c1d75c7d

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