Potential unencrypted email transmission via STARTTLS in the SMTP backend (djangoproject Django)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- DSF
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. `django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend` in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed `STARTTLS` handshake when `fail_silently=True`, which allows on-path network attackers to read email content via cleartext interception. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Kasper Dupont for reporting this issue.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | DSF |
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW 2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | DSF |
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW 2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · 6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | NVD · 6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92 (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-mm6v-q8q9-pgcf — Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed `STARTTLS` handshake
- PYSEC-2026-200 — An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15.
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-34087
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-7666
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.2 < 5.2.15cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.0 < 6.0.6
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| djangoproject · Django | affected 6.0 < 6.0.6 ; unaffected 6.0.6 ; affected 5.2 < 5.2.15 ; unaffected 5.2.15 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |