python-django — security advisory
The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.
- Products
- python-django
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.6-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-0482
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0482
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.6.6-1
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.6.6-1
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.6.6-1
Complete source record
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