PyPi: Django

CVE-2016-9013

Safety vulnerability ID: 33076

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

The information on this page was manually curated by our Cybersecurity Intelligence Team.

Created at Dec 09, 2016 Updated at Dec 10, 2024
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Advisory

Django 1.8.x before 1.8.16, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 use a hardcoded password for a temporary database user created when running tests with an Oracle database, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to the database server by leveraging failure to manually specify a password in the database settings TEST dictionary.

Affected package

django

Latest version: 5.1.4

A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

Django 1.8.x before 1.8.16, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 use a hardcoded password for a temporary database user created when running tests with an Oracle database, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to the database server by leveraging failure to manually specify a password in the database settings TEST dictionary.

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

CRITICAL 9.8

CVSS v3 Details

CRITICAL 9.8
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
HIGH
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

HIGH 7.5
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
LOW
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL