CVE-2023-40570
Published: 25 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-40570 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies (CWE-213) vulnerability in Datasette Datasette. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 38.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-0061
Vulnerability details
Datasette is an open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data. This bug affects Datasette instances running a Datasette 1.0 alpha - 1.0a0, 1.0a1, 1.0a2 or 1.0a3 - in an online accessible location but with authentication enabled using a plugin…
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such as datasette-auth-passwords. The `/-/api` API explorer endpoint could reveal the names of both databases and tables - but not their contents - to an unauthenticated user. Datasette 1.0a4 has a fix for this issue. This will block access to the API explorer but will still allow access to the Datasette read or write JSON APIs, as those use different URL patterns within the Datasette `/database` hierarchy. This issue is patched in version 1.0a4.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Marking hardware components with the permitted impact or classification level directly supports consistent policy enforcement, reducing the chance that sensitive data is processed on an incompatible component and thereby exposed.
Demands documented authority and policy alignment for PII processing, reducing exposure due to incompatible or absent policies.
Directly enforces purpose compatibility and policy alignment for PII processing, preventing exposure from incompatible policies.