Vulnerability advisory

PYSEC-2016-3

Published Oct 3, 2016Updated Jun 10, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as CVE-2016-7401GHSA-crhm-qpjc-cm64

Severity

Severity not reported.

Affected versions

django PyPI

Affected	Fixed in
All versions before 1.8.15	`1.8.15`Advisories →
`1.9` to before 1.9.10	`1.9.10`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (114) `1.0.1` `1.0.2` `1.0.3` `1.0.4` `1.1` `1.1.1` `1.1.2` `1.1.3` `1.1.4` `1.2` `1.2.1` `1.2.2` `1.2.3` `1.2.4` `1.2.5` `1.2.6` `1.2.7` `1.3` `1.3.1` `1.3.2` `1.3.3` `1.3.4` `1.3.5` `1.3.6` `1.3.7` `1.4` `1.4.1` `1.4.10` `1.4.11` `1.4.12` `1.4.13` `1.4.14` `1.4.15` `1.4.16` `1.4.17` `1.4.18` `1.4.19` `1.4.2` `1.4.20` `1.4.21` `1.4.22` `1.4.3` `1.4.4` `1.4.5` `1.4.6` `1.4.7` `1.4.8` `1.4.9` `1.5` `1.5.1` `1.5.10` `1.5.11` `1.5.12` `1.5.2` `1.5.3` `1.5.4` `1.5.5` `1.5.6` `1.5.7` `1.5.8` `1.5.9` `1.6` `1.6.1` `1.6.10` `1.6.11` `1.6.2` `1.6.3` `1.6.4` `1.6.5` `1.6.6` `1.6.7` `1.6.8` `1.6.9` `1.7` `1.7.1` `1.7.10` `1.7.11` `1.7.2` `1.7.3` `1.7.4` `1.7.5` `1.7.6` `1.7.7` `1.7.8` `1.7.9` `1.8` `1.8.1` `1.8.10` `1.8.11` `1.8.12` `1.8.13` `1.8.14` `1.8.2` `1.8.3` `1.8.4` `1.8.5` `1.8.6` `1.8.7` `1.8.8` `1.8.9` `1.8a1` `1.8b1` `1.8b2` `1.8c1` `1.9` `1.9.1` `1.9.2` `1.9.3` `1.9.4` `1.9.5` `1.9.6` `1.9.7` `1.9.8` `1.9.9`

Description

The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.

References

Webwww.securitytracker.com/id/1036899 ↗
ARTICLEwww.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/ ↗
Advisorywww.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678 ↗
Webwww.securityfocus.com/bid/93182 ↗
Advisorywww.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1 ↗
Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html ↗
Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html ↗
Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html ↗
Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html ↗
Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html ↗
Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html ↗
Advisorygithub.com/advisories/GHSA-crhm-qpjc-cm64 ↗