# CVE-2023-22738: vantage6 vulnerable to Improper Preservation of Permissions

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-22738-vantage6-vulnerable-to-improper-preservation-of-permissions  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2023-03-01  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2023-22738 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-03-01

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.

Technologies: [vantage6 (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/vantage6). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2023-22738 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-22738 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2023-22738?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 1 March 2023.

**Which products and versions are affected?** vantage6 (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.8.0, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=798aca1de142a4eca175ef51112e2235642f4f24|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.6.1,introduced=3.7.0,fixed=3.8.0rc3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2023-22738?** Yes. vantage6 (PyPI): upgrade to 3.8.0, 3.8.0rc3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2023-22738?** Check whether you run vantage6 (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- vantage6 (PyPI): upgrade to 3.8.0, 3.8.0rc3 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "vantage6>=3.8.0rc3"
  ```


## Affected products

- vantage6 (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.8.0, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=798aca1de142a4eca175ef51112e2235642f4f24|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.6.1,introduced=3.7.0,fixed=3.8.0rc3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2023-22738
- GHSA-vvjv-97j8-94xh
- PYSEC-2023-53

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