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SCA: security update for Django (GHSA-mwv2-398h-v489)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433598

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The LazyUser class in the AuthenticationMiddleware for Django 0.95 does not properly cache the user name
 across requests, which allows remote authenticated users to gain the privileges of a different user.
 (CVE-2007-0405)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwv2-398h-v489

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433598

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-0405

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0405

BID: 22138