CVE-2018-6596

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Published 2018-07-12 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.3-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.3-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.3-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.3-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.3-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	django-anymail	`<1.2.1`	`1.2.1`
PyPI	django-anymail	`<c07998304b4a31df4c61deddcb03d3607a04691b\|\|<1.2.1`	`db586ede1fbb41dce21310ea28ae15a1cf1286c5`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.