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TI-2018-12135 Aliases CVE-2018-16984GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2

An issue was discovered in Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, in which unprivileged users can read…

Priority LOW 26CWE-522Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-522.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, in which unprivileged users can read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts. The read-only password widget used by the Django Admin to display an obfuscated password hash was bypassed if a user has only the "view" permission (new in Django 2.1), resulting in display of the entire password hash to those users. This may result in a vulnerability for sites with legacy user accounts using insecure hashes.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0205 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Django (PyPI): 2.1.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—Django (PyPI)2.1 to before 2.1.22.1.2Patch availableGHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.1 to before 2.1.2 Fixed in 2.1.2 Patch available GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1 to before 2.1.2Vulnerabledjangoproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 to before 2.1.2 Vulnerable ·djangoproject

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2 Django (PyPI) Fixed in 2.1.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 16 products
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
  • Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools
  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Storage 3
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-16984
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2

References

Advisory 4

Other 6

  • TI-2022-15177 An issue was discovered in Django 3.2 before 3.2.14 and 4.0 before 4.0.6. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-05994 Django 1.11 before 1.11.28, 2.2 before 2.2.10, and 3.0 before 3.0.3 allows SQL Injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-10198 An issue was discovered in the Multipart Request Parser in Django 3.2 before 3.2.18, 4.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-14306 Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-10595 An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-14006 Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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