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Critical USN-6722-1 1 CVE

python-django vulnerability

Published Apr 8, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Simon Charette discovered that the password reset functionality in
Django used a Unicode case insensitive query to retrieve accounts
associated with an email address. An attacker could possibly use this
to obtain password reset tokens and hijack accounts.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS python-django 1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2019-19844 Public exploit EPSS 54%

    Django Potential account hijack via password reset form

    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 pa…

    python-django django python-django py3-django Debian Ubuntu Alpine PyPI

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19844