CVE-2023-22738
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (7)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xhvantage6 vulnerable to Improper Preservation of Permissions2023-02-28ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Assigning existing users to a different organization 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. ### Patches Update to 3.8.0 ### Workarounds None ### References None ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at [vantage6@iknl.nl](mailto:vantage6@iknl.nl)
- PYSEC-2023-532023-03-01vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (8)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-22738/cnnvd
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/798aca1de142a4eca175ef51112e2235642f4f24cnnvd
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xhcnnvd
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/798aca1de142a4eca175ef51112e2235642f4f24enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xhenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/798aca1de142a4eca175ef51112e2235642f4f24Patchnvd
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xhVendor Advisorynvd
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