Description
An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8.
`django.contrib.admin.utils.display_for_field()` renders `URLField` values as clickable links in the admin without validating the URL. A value stored with an unsafe scheme is displayed as a link on changelist and read-only admin pages, which allows cross-site scripting against staff users who click the link.
Exploitation requires the unsafe value to already be stored in the database. `URLField` validation through a `ModelForm` or the admin rejects unsafe schemes, so this affects applications that persist `URLField` data without running model validation, for example through direct queryset writes, deserialization, or bulk import of untrusted input.
Django would like to thank Egor Saltykov for reporting this issue.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | Django | 6.0 – < 6.0.8, 5.2 – < 5.2.17 | 6.0.8 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | python-django | 3:5.2.17-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | python-django | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | python-django | 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u4 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | python-django | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | python-django | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | python-django | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | python-django | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | python-django | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | python-django | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | python-django | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | python-django | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | python-Django | 4.2.11-150600.3.65.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3503-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | python-Django | 6.0.8-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11464-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | python-Django4 | 4.2.30-5.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11465-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | python-Django5 | 5.2.17-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11491-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | python-Django | 5.2.4-bp160.11.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21543-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | py3-django | 5.2.17-r0 | — |
Advisories 6
- WID-SEC-2026-2649 Django: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 5, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11491-1 python313-Django5-5.2.17-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 11, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21543-1 Security update for python-Django SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 7, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11465-1 python313-Django4-4.2.30-5.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 7, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11464-1 python313-Django-6.0.8-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 7, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:3503-1 Security update for python-Django SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 6, 2026
References
- Django security archive vendor-advisory
- Django releases announcements mailing-list
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/47511a21026cdd721d8fbf8571cc079bc38bb46d patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/5a260d309a4c8010c2ebda24eb758a5d95e2508a patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/13debb622a32720bda1bccda7622fd14fbf3931b patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/b9adb81339cc418f8f56b1050cca6dfec3ab6349 patch
- Django security releases issued: 6.0.8 and 5.2.17 vendor-advisory