CVE-2026-7666An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15.
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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
- 3.1 LOW (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-319
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
djangoproject django djangoproject:django | from 5.2 before 5.2.15; from 6.0 before 6.0.6 | NVD |
References
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/patch, vendor-advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announcerelease-notes
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jun/03/security-releases/patch, vendor-advisory
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