Django allows unintended model editing
Django 2.1 before 2.1.15 and 2.2 before 2.2.8 allows unintended model editing. A Django model admin displaying inline related models, where the user has view-only permissions to a parent model but edit permissions to the inline model, would be presented with an editing UI, allowing POST requests, for updating the inline model. Directly editing the view-only parent model was not possible, but the parent model's save() method was called, triggering potential side effects, and causing pre and post-save signal handlers to be invoked. (To resolve this, the Django admin is adjusted to require edit permissions on the parent model in order for inline models to be editable.)
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | django | >= 2.1, < 2.1.15, >= 2.2, < 2.2.8 | 2.1.15, 2.2.8 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/02/1
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-announce/GjGqDvtNmWQ
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/02/security-releases/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191217-0003/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6R4HD22PVEVQ45H2JA2NXH443AYJOPL5/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-17
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hvmf-r92r-27hr
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19118
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/103ebe2b5ff1b2614b85a52c239f471904d26244
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/36f580a17f0b3cb087deadf3b65eea024f479c21
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2019-15.yaml
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6R4HD22PVEVQ45H2JA2NXH443AYJOPL5
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191217-0003
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/02/security-releases
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-276- Platform
- Python (PyPI)
- Package
django- Disclosed
- 02.12.2019
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 11:20
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2019-15 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hvmf-r92r-27hr - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: django
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 162
- First → latest
- 10.2007 08.2026
- Without a fix
- 1
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 16
- High 65
- Medium 63
- Low 18
Disclosures per year
- 2017: 3
- 2018: 5
- 2019: 11
- 2020: 6
- 2021: 8
- 2022: 14
- 2023: 7
- 2024: 14
- 2025: 12
- 2026: 26
earlier: 56
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