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SCA: security update for Django, django (GHSA-6wcr-wcqm-3mfh)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434858

Description

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

 - The get_format function in utils/formats.py in Django before 1.7.x before 1.7.11, 1.8.x before 1.8.7, and
 1.9.x before 1.9rc2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive application secrets via a settings
 key in place of a date/time format setting, as demonstrated by SECRET_KEY. (CVE-2015-8213)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wcr-wcqm-3mfh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434858

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8213

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.8

Temporal Score: 2.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8213

BID: 77750

cwe: CWE-200