Security Resilience

CVE-2023-50248

Okfn Ckan 2.0 – 2.9.10

Published
13 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0058 46th percentile
Risk Priority 37 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-50248 is a medium-severity Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency (CWE-130) vulnerability in Okfn Ckan. Its CVSS base score is 4.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Junk Data (T1001.001); ranked at the 46th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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…

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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.

CWE(s)
CWE-130

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.001 Junk Data Command And Control
Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.001 LSASS Memory Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credential material stored in the process memory of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS).
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access cached domain credentials used to allow authentication to occur in the event a domain controller is unavailable.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

okfn
ckan
2.0 — 2.9.10 · 2.10.0 — 2.10.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.5.5
  • V4.2.1
  • V4.2.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly enforce length validation and input sanitization during coding and review.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.19 Installation of software on operational systems partial match
removes
A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
blocks

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and length checks that directly address inconsistent length fields.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
blocks

Application security requirements include explicit rules for handling message lengths and data structures.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
blocks

A.8.27 mandates security-by-design, defence-in-depth, distrust-external-input, secure session control, data validation/sanitisation and design reviews against known attack patterns; these reach a minority slice of length-parameter inconsistencies (especially where they surface as input-handling or parsing flaws) but leave the bulk of protocol/message-parsing bugs untouched.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly prohibit improper length handling and enforce defensive parsing practices.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance partial match
finds

Security testing in development can detect length-inconsistency vulnerabilities before deployment.

References