Medium severity · published May 9, 2023
CVE-2023-32060
DHIS2 Core Improper Access Control with Category Option Combination sharing in /api/trackedEntityInstance and /api/events
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DHIS2 Core contains the service layer and Web API for DHIS2, an information system for data capture. Starting in the 2.35 branch and prior to versions 2.36.13, 2.37.8, 2.38.2, and 2.39.0, when the Category Option Combination Sharing settings are configured to control access to specific tracker program events or program stages, the `/trackedEntityInstances` and `/events` API endpoints may include all events regardless of the sharing settings applied to the category option combinations. When this specific configuration is present, users may have access to events which they should not be able to see based on the sharing settings of the category options. The events will not appear in the user interface for web-based Tracker Capture or Capture applications, but if the Android Capture App is used they will be displayed to the user. Versions 2.36.13, 2.37.8, 2.38.2, and 2.39.0 contain a fix for this issue. No workaround is known.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DH
dhis2-core · dhis2
>= 2.35, < 2.36.13; >= 2.37, < 2.37.8; >= 2.38, < 2.38.2 · source: vendor
D2
Dhis 2 · Dhis2
2.35.0 before 2.36.13; 2.37.0 before 2.37.8; 2.38.0 before 2.38.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32060
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32060
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/security/advisories/GHSA-7pwm-6rh2-2388
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