CVE-2018-16984: Django allows unprivileged users to read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts
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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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2
- github.com/django/django
- github.com/django/django/commit/bf39978a53f117ca02e9a0c78b76664a41a54745
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2018-3.yaml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16984
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009
- web.archive.org/web/20200517123022/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release
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