Vulnerability · Published Mar 1, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2023-22738Improper Preservation of Permissions in vantage6
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in vantage6 from vantage6. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
vantage6 is a privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure for secure insight exchange. Assigning existing users to a different organizations is currently possible. It may lead to unintended access: if a user from organization A is accidentally assigned to organization B, they will retain their permissions and therefore might be able to access stuff they should not be allowed to access. This issue is patched in version 3.8.0.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | vantage6 | 3.8.0 | GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xh |
| PyPI | vantage6 | 3.6.1, 3.8.0rc3 | PYSEC-2023-53 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-281 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N