CVE-2026-7666

LOW EPSS 4.6%
Published Jun 3, 20263w ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
2.3 CVSS 4.0
Low
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Published Jun 3, 2026 3w ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. `django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend` in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed `STARTTLS` handshake when `fail_silently=True`, which allows on-path network attackers to read email content via cleartext interception. 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 Kasper Dupont for reporting this issue.

CVSS Details

Base Score
2.3
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction P
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-319

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
djangoprojectdjango*≥5.2  –  <5.2.15
djangoprojectdjango*≥6.0  –  <6.0.6

References 3

  • docs.djangoproject.com https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
    PatchVendor Advisory
  • groups.google.com https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
    Release Notes
  • djangoproject.com https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jun/03/security-releases/
    PatchVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • docs.djangoproject.com https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
    PatchVendor Advisory
  • djangoproject.com https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jun/03/security-releases/
    PatchVendor Advisory