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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-19844 in the critical feed json

Django Potential account hijack via password reset form

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6 , PYSEC-2019-16 , EUVD-2019-0040

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
53.6%
EPSS 53.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. A suitably crafted email address (that is equal to an existing user's email address after case transformation of Unicode characters) would allow an attacker to be sent a password reset token for the matched user account. (One mitigation in the new releases is to send password reset tokens only to the registered user email address.)

Patch / fix

  • pypi django 1.11.27, 2.2.9, 3.0.1
  • djangoproject django 1.11.27, 2.2.9
  • python-django Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:2.2.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19844

  • python-django Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11
  • python-django Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6
  • python-django Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:2.2.9-2ubuntu1
  • python-django Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19844

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

  • storm OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 1.2.3-3.6.1
  • ansible OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • grafana OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 6.7.4-4.12.1
  • ardana-mq OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1593618123.678c32b-3.26.1
  • ardana-nova OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1601298847.dd01585-3.42.1
  • crowbar-core OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1600432272.b3ad722f0-3.44.1
  • python-kombu OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 4.1.0-3.7.1
  • ardana-cinder OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1596129856.263f430-3.43.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1SUSE-RU-2020:2161-1SUSE-RU-2020:2072-1

  • python-django-allauth openSUSE Tumbleweed 65.19.1-1.1
  • python-Django5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
  • python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.30-4.1
  • python-Django6 openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.0-1.1
  • python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.14-1.1
  • python-django-allauth openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.63.3-1.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.2.7-2.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11570-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11270-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11248-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11235-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10005-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14208-1

  • py-django Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8 1.11.27-r0
  • py3-django Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 1.11.27-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-19844

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  • python-django Arch Linux 2.2.9-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1080

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-19844 updated cvss 9.8

Django: crafted email address allows account takeover

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 python-django, calamari-server, python-django-bash-completion
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Unless the password-reset form is disabled, this flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.”
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-django
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Unless the password-reset form is disabled, this flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) python2-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein) python-django, python3-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 (Train) python-django, python3-django, python-django-bash-completion
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Satellite 6 python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Unless the password-reset form is disabled, this flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.”
  • Red Hat Storage 3 python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Unless the password-reset form is disabled, this flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.”
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers python-django
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Unless the password-reset form is disabled, this flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.”

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47879)

Exploit prediction

53.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47879 Django < 3.0 < 2.2 < 1.11 - Account Hijack webapps, 2019-12-24

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi django
<1.11.27
>=2.0, <2.2.9
>=3.0, <3.0.1
>=2.2, <2.2.9
1.11.27
2.2.9
3.0.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
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