SCA: security update for Django (GHSA-mmwr-2jhp-mc7j)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440080

Description

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

- An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.4, 5.2 before 5.2.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.30. Admin changelist
forms using `ModelAdmin.list_editable` incorrectly allowed new instances to be created via forged `POST`
data. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also
be affected. Django would like to thank Cantina for reporting this issue. (CVE-2026-4292)

Solution

Update the Django library and its related packages to version 4.2.30 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmwr-2jhp-mc7j

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 440080

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/8/2026

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: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4292

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4292

cwe: CWE-862