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GHSA-8CJM-8MP7-R2XF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-03 15:30 – Updated: 2026-06-03 15:30

Details

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.15 and 6.0 before 6.0.6. django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware in Django does not match Cache-Control response directives case-insensitively, which allows remote attackers to read responses that were incorrectly cached because their Cache-Control directives used uppercase or mixed-case values. 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 Ahmed Badawe for reporting this issue.

Severity ?

3.1 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

2.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-8404 (GCVE-0-2026-8404)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-03 13:16 – Updated: 2026-06-03 15:46

Title

Potential exposure of private data via case-sensitive Cache-Control directives in UpdateCacheMiddleware

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.15 and 6.0 before 6.0.6. `django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware` in Django does not match `Cache-Control` response directives case-insensitively, which allows remote attackers to read responses that were incorrectly cached because their `Cache-Control` directives used uppercase or mixed-case values. 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 Ahmed Badawe for reporting this issue.

Severity ?

3.1 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

2.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-178 - Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

Assigner

DSF

References

URL

Tags

	https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/se…	vendor-advisory
	https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce	mailing-list
	https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jun/03/…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	djangoproject	Django	Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.6 (python) Unaffected: 6.0.6 (python) Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.15 (python) Unaffected: 5.2.15 (python)

Credits

Ahmed Badawe Jake Howard Natalia Bidart

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8CJM-8MP7-R2XF

CVE-2026-8404 (GCVE-0-2026-8404)

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