CVE-2023-31139 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-31139

DHIS2 Core unrestricted session cookies with Personal Access Tokens

Vulnerability Description

DHIS2 Core contains the service layer and Web API for DHIS2, an information system for data capture. Starting in the 2.37 branch and prior to versions 2.37.9.1, 2.38.3.1, and 2.39.1.2, Personal Access Tokens (PATs) generate unrestricted session cookies. This may lead to a bypass of other access restrictions (for example, based on allowed IP addresses or HTTP methods). DHIS2 implementers should upgrade to a supported version of DHIS2: 2.37.9.1, 2.38.3.1, or 2.39.1.2. Implementers can work around this issue by adding extra access control validations on a reverse proxy.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

dhis2-core
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 2.37, < 2.37.9.1, >= 2.38, < 2.38.3.1, >= 2.39, < 2.39.1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: May 9th, 2023
Last Modified: January 28th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)