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low 2.8

CVE-2015-8213 json

Django settings leak in date template filter

published 2015-12-07 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-6wcr-wcqm-3mfh , PYSEC-2015-11 , EUVD-2015-0006

cvss
2.8
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi django 1.7.11, 1.8.7, 1.9rc2
  • python-django Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8213

  • python-django Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.11

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8213

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • python-django openstack 7 1.8.7-1.el7
  • python-django-bash-completion openstack 7 1.8.7-1.el7
  • python-django openstack 5 1.6.11-4.el6ost
  • python-django-bash-completion openstack 5 1.6.11-4.el6ost
  • python-django openstack-optools 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 1.6.11-4.el7ost
  • python-django-bash-completion openstack-optools 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 1.6.11-4.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0156RHSA-2016:0158RHSA-2016:0129RHSA-2016:0157RHSA-2016:0360

  • python-Django Enterprise Storage 2 1.6.11-3.1
  • python-Django OpenStack Cloud 5 1.6.11-13.1
  • python-Django Enterprise Storage 1.0 1.6.11-11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0044-1SUSE-SU-2016:0040-1SUSE-SU-2015:2327-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8213 updated cvss 4.3

python-django: Information leak through date template filter

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2 Django Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 Django Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager Django
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 python-django 1.6.11-4.el6ost, python-django-bash-completion 1.6.11-4.el6ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0158
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 python-django 1.6.11-4.el7ost, python-django-bash-completion 1.6.11-4.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0157
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 python-django 1.6.11-4.el7ost, python-django-bash-completion 1.6.11-4.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 python-django 1.8.7-1.el7, python-django-bash-completion 1.8.7-1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0156
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 python-django 1.6.11-4.el7ost, python-django-bash-completion 1.6.11-4.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0360
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools python-django, python-django-bash-completion
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi django
>=1.7, <1.7.11
>=1.8a1, <1.8.7
>=1.9a1, <1.9rc2
<1.7.11
>=1.8, <1.8.7
>=1.9a0, <1.9rc2
1.7.11
1.8.7
1.9rc2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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