Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover.
Priority HIGH 74CWE-640Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 12 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-640.
Summary
Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. A suitably crafted email address (that is equal to an existing user's email address after case transformation of Unicode characters) would allow an attacker to be sent a password reset token for the matched user account. (One mitigation in the new releases is to send password reset tokens only to the registered user email address.)
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.53561 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Django (PyPI): 1.11.27, 2.2.9, 3.0.1Red Hat: 12 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | Django (PyPI) | before 1.11.27 | 1.11.27 | Patch available | GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6 |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 2.0 to before 2.2.9 | 2.2.9 | Patch available | GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6 |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 3.0 to before 3.0.1 | 3.0.1 | Patch available | GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.11.27 Fixed in 1.11.27 Patch available GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.0 to before 2.2.9 Fixed in 2.2.9 Patch available GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3.0 to before 3.0.1 Fixed in 3.0.1 Patch available GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.11.27; 2.2 to before 2.2.9 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 16.04 | Vulnerable | Canonical |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 18.04 | Vulnerable | Canonical |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 19.04 | Vulnerable | Canonical |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 19.10 | Vulnerable | Canonical |
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.11.27; 2.2 to before 2.2.9 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 19.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 19.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6 Django (PyPI) Fixed in 1.11.27 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6 Django (PyPI) Fixed in 2.2.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6 Django (PyPI) Fixed in 3.0.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 (Train) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19844
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6
References
Advisory 8
Other 16
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/django-announce/3oaB2rVH3a0
- 20200108 [SECURITY] [DSA 4598-1] python-django security update
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155872/Django-Account-Hijack.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200110-0003/
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/302a4ff1e8b1c798aab97673909c7a3dfda42c26
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/4d334bea06cac63dc1272abcec545b85136cca0e
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b1fbcef7a8bec991ebe7b2a18b5d5a95d72cb70
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/f4cff43bf921fcea6a29b726eb66767f67753fa2
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/18/security-releases
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4224-1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200110-0003
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HCM2DPUI7TOZWN4A6JFQFUVQ2XGE7GUD
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-announce/3oaB2rVH3a0
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2019-16.yaml
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
Sources
- CVE-2019-19844 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-19844 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-19844 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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