{"id":"CVE-2018-16984","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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","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.","publishedAt":"2018-10-02T18:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-05T10:39:58.059Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:44:25.237Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2018/16xxx/CVE-2018-16984.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2018-16984","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2018-10-02T18:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T10:39:58.059Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2018-09-13T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749","name":"1041749","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2019-05-02T09:06:06.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2018-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2018-16984","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/"},{"name":"1041749","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749"},{"name":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749","name":"1041749","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T10:39:58.059Z"}}]}}}