CVE-2026-6873 (GCVE-0-2026-6873)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-03 13:16 – Updated: 2026-06-03 15:43
VLAI
Title
Signed cookie salt namespace collision in django.http.HttpRequest.get_signed_cookie
Summary
An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. `django.http.HttpRequest.get_signed_cookie` in Django uses a non-injective salt derivation (concatenating the cookie name and salt argument), which allows a remote attacker to use a cookie in a context different from the one where it was signed, via distinct `(name, salt)` pairs that produce the same concatenation. 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 Peng Zhou for reporting this issue.
Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Assigner
DSF
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
djangoproject Django Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.6 (python)
Unaffected: 6.0.6 (python)
Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.15 (python)
Unaffected: 5.2.15 (python)
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Date Public
2026-06-03 08:00
Credits
Peng Zhou Paul McMillan Natalia Bidart
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