CVE-2018-6596
CRITICAL9.1EPSS 0.55%django-anymail - security update
Published: 7/12/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6596
Description
webhooks/base.py in Anymail (aka django-anymail) before 1.2.1 is prone to a timing attack vulnerability on the WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION secret, which allows remote attackers to post arbitrary e-mail tracking events.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/django-anymailfrom 0, < 1.3-1
- Debian/django-anymailfrom 0, < 0.8-2+deb9u1
- PyPI/django-anymailfrom 0, < 1.2.1
- PyPI/django-anymailfrom 0, < db586ede1fbb41dce21310ea28ae15a1cf1286c5, < c07998304b4a31df4c61deddcb03d3607a04691b | from 0, < 1.2.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxf9-7h4c-f5jv
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6596
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6596
- PATCHhttps://github.com/anymail/django-anymail
- WEBhttps://bugs.debian.org/889450
- WEBhttps://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/commit/c07998304b4a31df4c61deddcb03d3607a04691b
- WEBhttps://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/commit/db586ede1fbb41dce21310ea28ae15a1cf1286c5
- WEBhttps://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/releases/tag/v1.2.1
- WEBhttps://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/releases/tag/v1.3
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django-anymail/PYSEC-2018-7.yaml
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4107