CVE-2026-16207
django-tastypie authentication.py ApiKeyAuthentication get request method with sensitive query strings
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.3 Medium
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 20, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 18, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was detected in django-tastypie up to 0.15.1. Impacted is the function ApiKeyAuthentication of the file tastypie/authentication.py. The manipulation results in use of get request method with sensitive query strings. The attack can be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is considered difficult. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 3.7 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:R | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 3.7 Low | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:R | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 2.6 Low | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:UR | VulDB |
Weaknesses
- CWE-598 Use of GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Strings
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
django-tastypien/a |
|
References
- VDB-380023 | django-tastypie authentication.py ApiKeyAuthentication get request method with sensitive query stringsvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-380023 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-16207 | CVE Analysis and Reportthird-party-advisory
- Submit #857924 | django-tastypie 0.15.1 at commit 03c4746f0a0f88628be5264bc8d4a19a0529b2f4 CWE-598 Use of GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Stringsthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/django-tastypie/django-tastypie/issues/1700issue-tracking
- https://github.com/django-tastypie/django-tastypie/product
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