CVE-2018-6188

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6188
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-05 03:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-12 17:54:00 UTC
Descriptiondjango.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.11.8 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.11.9 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 2.0 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 2.0.1 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.11.8 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.11.9 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 2.0 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 2.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Django 'AuthenticationForm' Regression Error Lets Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Django security releases issued: 2.0.2 and 1.11.10 | Weblog | Django CONFIRM www.djangoproject.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-3559-1: Django vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500773 Alpine Linux Security Update for py3-django
  • 980887 Python (pip) Security Update for django (GHSA-rf4j-j272-fj86)

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