CVE-2018-16984

python-django: Password hash disclosure to "view only" admin users

Published Oct 2, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0038 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2 Django allows unprivileged users to read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:39 AM
Reserved
Sep 13, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 2, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 1, 2018, 12:00 AM