What is CVE-2023-25559?

CVE-2023-25559 is a high-severity vulnerability in Datahub, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2023-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-25559?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Datahub

CVE-2023-25559

DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. When not using authentication for the metadata service, which is the default configuration, the Metadata service (GMS) will use the X-DataHub-Actor HTTP header to infer the user the frontend is…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.005 (40.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Datahub
Datahub-project Datahub — versions < 0.8.45

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25559?: CVE-2023-25559 is a high-severity vulnerability in Datahub, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2023-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-25559?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.