CVE-2021-45116
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.36%Information disclosure in Django
Published: 1/12/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.26, 3.2 before 3.2.11, and 4.0 before 4.0.1. Due to leveraging the Django Template Language's variable resolution logic, the dictsort template filter was potentially vulnerable to information disclosure, or an unintended method call, if passed a suitably crafted key.
Affected packages (4)
- Bitnami/django>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.26, >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.11, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1
- Debian/python-djangofrom 0, < 2:2.2.26-1~deb11u1
- PyPI/django>= 2.2, < 2.2.26
- PyPI/django>= 2.2, < 2.2.26, >= 3.2, < 3.2.11, >= 4.0, < 4.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (18)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c5j-9r9f-c6w8
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45116
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-45116
- ADVISORYhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/jan/04/security-releases/
- PATCHhttps://github.com/django/django
- WEBhttps://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security
- WEBhttps://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/2a8ec7f546d6d5806e221ec948c5146b55bd7489
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/c7fe895bca06daf12cc1670b56eaf72a1ef27a16
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/c9f648ccfac5ab90fb2829a66da4f77e68c7f93a
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2022-2.yaml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B4SQG2EAF4WCI2SLRL6XRDJ3RPK3ZRDV/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/B4SQG2EAF4WCI2SLRL6XRDJ3RPK3ZRDV
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0005
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0005/
- WEBhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/jan/04/security-releases