CVE-2018-6188

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Published 2018-10-03 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
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-2018-6188

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.11.10-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1:1.11.10-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:1.11.10-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:1.11.10-1
debian debiansidfixed1:1.11.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:1.11.10-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=2.0a1,<2.0.22.0.2
python PyPIdjango>=1.11.8,<1.11.101.11.10
python PyPIdjango>=2.0,<2.0.22.0.2

References

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