CVE-2026-4277

Privilege abuse in GenericInlineModelAdmin

Published Apr 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.4, 5.2 before 5.2.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.30.
Add permissions on inline model instances were not validated on submission of
forged `POST` data in `GenericInlineModelAdmin`.
Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.
Django would like to thank N05ec@LZU-DSLab for reporting this issue.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pwjp-ccjc-ghwg Django vulnerable to privilege abuse in GenericInlineModelAdmin
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8154-1 Django vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8154-2 Django vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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First Time appeared Djangoproject
Djangoproject django
Vendors & Products Djangoproject
Djangoproject django
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Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.4, 5.2 before 5.2.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.30. Add permissions on inline model instances were not validated on submission of forged `POST` data in `GenericInlineModelAdmin`. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank N05ec@LZU-DSLab for reporting this issue.
Title Privilege abuse in GenericInlineModelAdmin
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
DSF
Published
Updated
Jun 23, 2026, 3:52 PM
Reserved
Mar 16, 2026, 3:26 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 7, 2026, 3:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 7, 2026, 2:22 PM