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CVE-2018-16984

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-10-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, in which unprivileged users can read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts. The read-only password widget used by the Django Admin to display an obfuscated password hash was bypassed if a user has only the "view" permission (new in Django 2.1), resulting in display of the entire password hash to those users. This may result in a vulnerability for sites with legacy user accounts using insecure hashes.

Affected products

• Django: from 2.1 before 2.1.2 — fixed in 2.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 2.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/

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