Improper access control in Django - CVE-2026-4292

 

Improper access control in Django - CVE-2026-4292

Published: April 7, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU125095
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-4292
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to create new instances through admin changelist forms.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in ModelAdmin.list_editable when processing forged POST data. A remote user can submit forged POST data to create new instances through admin changelist forms.


Affected software

Django
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Fedora
Ubuntu
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
python-django (Ubuntu package)
python-django
python3-Django
python-django-help
python311-Django
python3-django-doc
python3-django-bash-completion
python3-django
python-django4.2
python-django5
python-django6

How to mitigate CVE-2026-4292

Install security update from vendor's website.

Django - addressed in versions 4.2.30, 5.2.13, 6.0.4
python-django (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm11, 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm12, 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm15, 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm8, 2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.26, 3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.15, 3:5.2.4-1ubuntu2.4
python-django - addressed in versions 2.2.27-22, 4.2.15-15
python3-Django - addressed in versions 2.2.27-22, 4.2.15-15
python-django-help - addressed in versions 2.2.27-22, 4.2.15-15
python311-Django - update to 4.2.11-150600.3.56.1
python3-django-doc - update to 4.2.30-1
python3-django-bash-completion - update to 4.2.30-1
python3-django - update to 4.2.30-1
python-django4.2 - update to 4.2.30-2.el9
python-django5 - addressed in versions 5.2.14-1.fc42, 5.2.14-1.fc43, 5.2.14-1.fc44
python-django6 - update to 6.0.5-1.fc44

External References

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