CVE-2026-8404

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.15 and 6.0 before 6.0.6. django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware in Django does not match Cache-Control response directives case-insensitively, which allows remote attackers to read responses that were incorrectly cached because their Cache-Control directives used uppercase or mixed-case values. 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 Ahmed Badawe for reporting this issue.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
djangoprojectDjango6.0 < 6.0.6affected
djangoprojectDjango6.0.6unaffected
djangoprojectDjango5.2 < 5.2.15affected
djangoprojectDjango5.2.15unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-178: CWE-178: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References