CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-6907
An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.5 and 5.2 before 5.2.14.
`django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware` erroneously caches requests where the `Vary` header contained an asterisk (`'*'`). This can lead to private data being stored and served.
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 Ahmad Sadeddin for reporting this issue.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cvss · 2 assertions
{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"baseScore":2.3,"baseSeverity":"LOW","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV4_0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://pypi.org/project/Django/","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"django","product":"Django","repo":"https://github.com/django/django/","vendor":"djangoproject","versions":[{"lessThan":"6.0.5","status":"affected","version":"6.0","versionType":"python"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"6.0.5","versionType":"python"},{"lessThan":"5.2.14","status":"affected","version":"5.2","versionType":"python"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.2.14","versionType":"python"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
2 source assertions{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"baseScore":2.3,"baseSeverity":"LOW","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-524","description":"CWE-524: Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"name":"Django security archive","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"Django releases announcements","tags":["mailing-list"],"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"Django security releases issued: 6.0.5 and 5.2.14","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/may/05/security-releases/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9f1a14c5bf7fa85097ee5108ebe849209d17e90c8cbe01536c5c934e083e563 · sha256:d9510d23cd66f29d… · /containers/cna/references/2
Attribution and limitations
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