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SCA: security update for django (GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423453

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2018-16984)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423453

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16984

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16984

cwe: CWE-522