Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Django versions 5.2 before 5.2.15 and 6.0 before 6.0.6 are affected. UpdateCacheMiddleware does not match Cache-Control response directives case-insensitively, so a remote attacker may be able to read responses that were cached incorrectly because their directives used uppercase or mixed-case values. Upgrade to Django 5.2.15 or 6.0.6. Earlier unsupported series were not evaluated and may also be affected.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 0.0027, the 19th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:29 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:29 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-8cjm-8mp7-r2xf
- OSV: GHSA-8cjm-8mp7-r2xf
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8404
- github.com/django/django/commit/366d9ae6e8d1469c04e9ebdc1bcd098fc14a3b1e
- github.com/django/django/commit/b4330259ffbe1a031ed14daab1f35697460f10f2
- github.com/django/django/commit/d618d7ae4fec727d5b582bd24f803c28d17bf7cd
- docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- github.com/django/django
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2026-201.yaml
- groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jun/03/security-releases