PYSEC-2014-6

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    PYSEC-2014-6

    Published: 26 Aug 2014Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/, http://secunia.com/advisories/59782, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/61281, http://secunia.com/advisories/61276, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmg

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.14

    Affected versions

    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3
    1.0.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2014-6 | CVE-DB