CVE-2018-16984 Django allows unprivileged users to read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts

What is CVE-2018-16984?

CVE-2018-16984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, published on 2 Oct 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, in which unprivileged users can read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts. The read-only password widget used by the Django Admin to display an obfuscated password hash was bypassed if a user has only the "view" permission (new in Django 2.1), resulting in display of the entire password hash to those users. This may result in a vulnerability for sites with legacy user accounts using insecure hashes.

Weakness: CWE-522

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16984?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including django and Django. It affects 1 product.

Products include Djangoproject Django.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16984?

Upgrade django to 2.1.2 or later.

Is CVE-2018-16984 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6mx3-3vqg-hpp2, PYSEC-2018-3.