Advisory record · GHSA-7h2m-m8vj-598h

Django Uses Persistent Cookies Containing Sensitive Information

CVSS 2.3 LowEPSS 0.0054 · 45th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 5 May 2026, 18:33 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
djangoPyPI>=6.0, <6.0.5 || >=5.2, <5.2.146.0.5, 5.2.14
Identifiers
GHSA-7h2m-m8vj-598h · BIT-django-2026-35192 · CVE-2026-35192 · PYSEC-2026-50
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-539
Published
5 May 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Django versions 5.2 before 5.2.14 and 6.0 before 6.0.5 are affected when SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST is True. A remote attacker can steal a user's session after that user visits a cached public page. Upgrade to 5.2.14 or 6.0.5. Earlier unsupported series were not evaluated and may also be affected.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
2.3 Low 4.0 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 CNA (DSF)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0054, the 45th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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