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py-django, py3-django — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2018-6188

django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.

Products
py-django, py3-django
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.11.10-r0, 1.11.11-r0
CVEs
CVE-2018-6188
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALPINE-CVE-2018-6188

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Feb 2018, 03:29 UTC

django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.

osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-6188

py-django

Fixed versions: 1.11.10-r0

py-django

Fixed versions: 1.11.11-r0

py-django

Fixed versions: 1.11.11-r0

py-django

Fixed versions: 1.11.10-r0

py-django

Fixed versions: 1.11.10-r0

py3-django

Fixed versions: 1.11.10-r0

py3-django

Fixed versions: 1.11.10-r0

Complete source record
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