USN-4224-1

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    USN-4224-1

    Published: 19 Dec 2019Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: python-django vulnerability

    Details: Simon Charette discovered that the password reset functionality in Django used a Unicode case insensitive query to retrieve accounts associated with an email address. An attacker could possibly use this to obtain password reset tokens and hijack accounts.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4224-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19844

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-django

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11

    Affected versions

    1.7.9-1ubuntu5

    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
    USN-4224-1 | CVE-DB