{"cve":"CVE-2023-50248","nvd":{"published":"2023-12-13T21:15:08.660","modified":"2026-06-17T06:39:22.743","status":"Modified","description":"CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to versions 2.9.10 and 2.10.3, when submitting a POST request to the `/dataset/new` endpoint (including either the auth cookie or the `Authorization` header) with a specially-crafted field, an attacker can create an out-of-memory error in the hosting server. To trigger this error, the attacker need to have permissions to create or edit datasets. This vulnerability has been patched in CKAN 2.10.3 and 2.9.10.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-130"],"references":["https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/bd02018b65c5b81d7ede195d00d0fcbac3aa33be","https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5","https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/bd02018b65c5b81d7ede195d00d0fcbac3aa33be","https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5"],"products":["okfn:ckan"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:42:34.585441961+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-50248","score":0.00581,"percentile":0.47736,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5","summary":"Out of memory error when submitting the dataset form with a specially-crafted field","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:59.391798976Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ckan","purl":"pkg:pypi/ckan","ranges":[">=2.0 <2.9.10"],"fixed":["2.9.10"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ckan","purl":"pkg:pypi/ckan","ranges":[">=2.10.0 <2.10.3"],"fixed":["2.10.3"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1249","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-1249","summary":"Out of memory error when submitting the dataset form with a specially-crafted field","modified":"2026-07-07T17:47:27.086073376Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ckan","purl":"pkg:pypi/ckan","ranges":[">=2.0 <2.9.10",">=2.10.0 <2.10.3"],"fixed":["2.9.10","2.10.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}