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SCA: security update for Django, django (GHSA-7wph-fc4w-wqp2)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421905

Description

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

 - The password reset functionality in django.contrib.auth in Django before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and
 1.3.x before 1.3 beta 1 does not validate the length of a string representing a base36 timestamp, which
 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a URL that specifies a
 large base36 integer. (CVE-2010-4535)

Solution

Update the django library and its related packages to version 1.1.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wph-fc4w-wqp2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421905

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4535

BID: 45563

cwe: CWE-20