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CVE-2023-40570
Information Disclosure in datasette (CVE-2023-40570)
Summary
vulnerability in datasette (CVE-2023-40570). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `1.0a4` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2023-40570** has been found in datasette.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade datasette to **1.0a4** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "datasette CVE-2023-40570" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-40570 (datasette) — CWE-200 /
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `1.0a4` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**information disclosure** (CWE-200) exists in datasette.
📍 Affected scope
datasette — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **1.0a4**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'datasette' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'datasette' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `datasette` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade datasette to 1.0a4ステージング環境で 1.0a4 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
datasette
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.0a0"},{"fixed":"1.0a4"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40570
- package https://github.com/simonw/datasette
- web https://github.com/simonw/datasette/security/advisories/GHSA-7ch3-7pp7-7cpq
- web https://github.com/simonw/datasette/commit/01e0558825b8f7ec17d3b691aa072daf122fcc74
- web https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/datasette/PYSEC-2023-154.yaml