DjangoCRM: Hardcoded Django SECRET_KEY Enables Session and CSRF Token Forgery

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-71238
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerTuranSec
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-05 11:16:26 UTC
Updated2026-08-05 13:24:48 UTC
DescriptionDjangoCRM ships with its Django SECRET_KEY hardcoded directly in the committed webcrm/settings.py rather than read from an environment variable. Since this key is used for session signing, CSRF token generation, and password reset tokens, anyone who reads the public repository can forge valid session cookies (including for the superadmin account), forge CSRF tokens, and forge password reset tokens, achieving full account takeover. The repository also ships with DEBUG=True as the default, causing error pages to leak database credentials, email credentials, OAuth data, and internal file paths.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.1 CRITICAL from 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-798 | CWE-798 CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2cSecondary9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA DjangoCRM Django-crm affected Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/DjangoCRM/django-crm 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c github.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Mirdavlatov Mira'zam (en)

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