Ckan remote code execution and private information access via crafted resource ids
CVE-2023-32321 · GHSA-446m-hmmm-hm8m · PYSEC-2026-312 · published 24 May 2023
How serious is it
- Severity: critical, CVSS score 9.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2023-32321?
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Who is affected
ckan(PyPI) < 2.9.9ckan(PyPI) = 2.10.0
How to check
- Run
pip show ckanin your project to see the installed version, including copies pulled in by other packages. - Or paste your lockfile into the checker: it lists every package with a known vulnerability, this one included.
- Or run
npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000in your project folder. It reads your lockfile and flags this vulnerability along with every other known one.
How to fix
Copies a prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: it checks your lockfiles for this and upgrades it.
- On < 2.9.9: Upgrade
ckanto 2.9.9 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy. - On = 2.10.0: Upgrade
ckanto 2.10.1 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy. - If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
Specific vulnerabilities:
* Arbitrary file write in `resource_create` and `package_update` actions, using the `ResourceUploader` object. Also reachable via `package_create`, `package_revise`, and `package_patch` via calls to `package_update`.
* Remote code execution via unsafe pickle loading, via Beaker's session store when configured to use the file session store backend.
* Potential DOS due to lack of a length check on the resource id.
* Information disclosure: A user with permission to create a resource can access any other resource on the system if they know the id, even if they don't have access to it.
* Resource overwrite: A user with permission to create a resource can overwrite any resource if they know the id, even if they don't have access to it.
### Impact
A user with permissions to create or edit a dataset can upload a resource with a specially crafted id to write the uploaded file in an arbitrary location. This can be leveraged to Remote Code Execution via Beaker's insecure pickle loading.
### Patches
All the above listed vulnerabilities have been fixed in CKAN 2.9.9 and CKAN 2.10.1
The patches for CKAN 2.9 should apply easily to previous CKAN versions.
Check your whole app
Dependencies are only half of it. Free and read-only: before you push, run npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000 in your project folder, no account needed. For your live app, you prove it's yours with a one-line tag first.
References
- github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-446m-hmmm-hm8m
- github.com/ckan/ckan/blob/2a6080e61d5601fa0e2a0317afd6a8e9b7abf6dd/CHANGELOG.rst
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32321
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ckan/PYSEC-2026-312.yaml
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-446m-hmmm-hm8m
- github.com/ckan/ckan
Merged from GitHub Advisory Database, OSV. Last updated 28 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON