CVE-2016-9013

critical
Published 2016-12-09 · Modified 2024-04-22
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Django 1.8.x before 1.8.16, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 use a hardcoded password for a temporary database user created when running tests with an Oracle database, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to the database server by leveraging failure to manually specify a password in the database settings TEST dictionary.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9013

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9013.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/nov/01/security-releases/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-15

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
arch archfixed1.10.3-1
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.10affected
fedora fedora24affected
fedora fedora25affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:1.10.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:1.10.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:1.10.3-1
debian debiansidfixed1:1.10.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:1.10.3-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=1.10a1,<1.10.31.10.3
python PyPIdjango>=1.9a1,<1.9.111.9.11
python PyPIdjango>=1.8a1,<1.8.161.8.16
python PyPIdjango>=1.10,<1.10.31.8.16

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango1.10
djangoprojectdjango1.10.1
djangoprojectdjango1.10.2
djangoprojectdjango1.9
djangoprojectdjango1.9.1
djangoprojectdjango1.9.2
djangoprojectdjango1.9.3
djangoprojectdjango1.9.4
djangoprojectdjango1.9.5
djangoprojectdjango1.9.6
djangoprojectdjango1.9.7
djangoprojectdjango1.9.8
djangoprojectdjango1.9.9
djangoprojectdjango1.9.10
djangoprojectdjango1.8
djangoprojectdjango1.8.1
djangoprojectdjango1.8.2
djangoprojectdjango1.8.3
djangoprojectdjango1.8.4
djangoprojectdjango1.8.5
djangoprojectdjango1.8.6
djangoprojectdjango1.8.7
djangoprojectdjango1.8.8
djangoprojectdjango1.8.9
djangoprojectdjango1.8.10
djangoprojectdjango1.8.11
djangoprojectdjango1.8.12
djangoprojectdjango1.8.13
djangoprojectdjango1.8.14
djangoprojectdjango1.8.15

References

CWEs

CWE-798

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.