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SCA: security update for Django, django (GHSA-h582-2pch-3xv3)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423112

Description

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

 - The session backends in Django before 1.4.21, 1.5.x through 1.6.x, 1.7.x before 1.7.9, and 1.8.x before
 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption) via multiple
 requests with unique session keys. (CVE-2015-5143)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h582-2pch-3xv3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423112

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5143

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: 7/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5143

BID: 75666

cwe: CWE-770