{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1249","summary":"Out of memory error when submitting the dataset form with a specially-crafted field","details":"### Impact\n\nWhen 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.\n\nTo trigger this error the user needs to have permissions to create or edit datasets.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis vulnerability has been patched in CKAN 2.10.3 and 2.9.10","aliases":["CVE-2023-50248","GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5"],"modified":"2026-07-07T17:47:58.735702172Z","published":"2026-07-07T11:45:28.466851Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50248"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/bd02018b65c5b81d7ede195d00d0fcbac3aa33be"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/ckan/ckan"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/ckan"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ckan","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/ckan"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.0"},{"fixed":"2.9.10"},{"introduced":"2.10.0"},{"fixed":"2.10.3"}]}],"versions":["2.0","2.0.1","2.0.7","2.0.8","2.1","2.1.1","2.1.5","2.1.6","2.10.0","2.10.1","2.2","2.2.1","2.2.3","2.2.4","2.3","2.3.1","2.3.2","2.3.3","2.3.4","2.3.5","2.4.0","2.4.1","2.4.2","2.4.3","2.4.4","2.4.5","2.4.8","2.4.9","2.5.0","2.5.1","2.5.2","2.5.3","2.5.4","2.5.6","2.5.7","2.5.8","2.5.9","2.6.0","2.6.1","2.6.3","2.6.4","2.6.5","2.6.6","2.6.7","2.6.8","2.6.9","2.7.0","2.7.1","2.7.10","2.7.11","2.7.12","2.7.2","2.7.3","2.7.4","2.7.5","2.7.6","2.7.7","2.7.8","2.7.9","2.8.0","2.8.1","2.8.10","2.8.11","2.8.12","2.8.2","2.8.3","2.8.4","2.8.5","2.8.6","2.8.7","2.8.8","2.8.9","2.9.0","2.9.1","2.9.2","2.9.3","2.9.4","2.9.5","2.9.6","2.9.7","2.9.8","2.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/ckan/PYSEC-2026-1249.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}