Privilege abuse in GenericInlineModelAdmin
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: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.4, 5.2 before 5.2.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.30. Add permissions on inline model instances were not validated on submission of forged `POST` data in `GenericInlineModelAdmin`. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank N05ec@LZU-DSLab for reporting this issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | Django | 6.0 to before 6.0.4; 5.2 to before 5.2.13; 4.2 to before 4.2.30 | 6.0.4, 5.2.13, 4.2.30 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 6.0 to before 6.0.4 | 6.0.4 | Patch available | GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 5.2 to before 5.2.13 | 5.2.13 | Patch available | GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 4.2 to before 4.2.30 | 4.2.30 | Patch available | GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg |
- Django Vendordjangoproject Affected 6.0 to before 6.0.4; 5.2 to before 5.2.13; 4.2 to before 4.2.30 Fixed in 6.0.4, 5.2.13, 4.2.30 Patch available CNA
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 6.0 to before 6.0.4 Fixed in 6.0.4 Patch available GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 5.2 to before 5.2.13 Fixed in 5.2.13 Patch available GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.2 to before 4.2.30 Fixed in 4.2.30 Patch available GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2 to before 4.2.30; 5.2 to before 5.2.13; 6.0 to before 6.0.4 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 to before 4.2.30; 5.2 to before 5.2.13; 6.0 to before 6.0.4 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Django (djangoproject) Fixed in 6.0.4, 5.2.13, 4.2.30
- Fix · GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg Django (PyPI) Fixed in 6.0.4 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg Django (PyPI) Fixed in 5.2.13 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg Django (PyPI) Fixed in 4.2.30 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
djangoproject Django — Django security releases issued: 6.0.4, 5.2.13, and 4.2.30
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-25480 Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in ASGI requests via memory upload limit bypassPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-03372 ASGI header spoofing via underscore/hyphen conflationPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-25479 Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in MultiPartParser via base64-encoded file uploadPriority LOW 31
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Discovery 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-4277
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg
References
More djangoproject Django vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-4277 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4277 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-4277 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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