CVE-2026-6873

Signed cookie salt namespace collision in django.http.HttpRequest.get_signed_cookie

State
Published
Severity
2.3 Low
Published
Jun 3, 2026
Updated
Jun 3, 2026
Reserved
Apr 22, 2026

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Description

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. `django.http.HttpRequest.get_signed_cookie` in Django uses a non-injective salt derivation (concatenating the cookie name and salt argument), which allows a remote attacker to use a cookie in a context different from the one where it was signed, via distinct `(name, salt)` pairs that produce the same concatenation. 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 Peng Zhou for reporting this issue.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.02.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NDSF
3.13.1 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NDSF

Weaknesses

  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Djangodjangoproject
  • 6.0 to before 6.0.6Affected
  • 6.0.6Not affected
  • 5.2 to before 5.2.15Affected
  • 5.2.15Not affected

References

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