CVE-2026-4292 | Privilege abuse in ModelAdmin.list_editable

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.4, 5.2 before 5.2.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.30. Admin changelist forms using `ModelAdmin.list_editable` incorrectly allowed new instances to be created via forged `POST` data. 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 Cantina for reporting this issue.

Published: 2026-04-07 Last update: 2026-04-13 Assigner: 6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92 Source: 6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-4292 is rated Low Risk (11/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-4292

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-08 0.01%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-4292

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.7 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.2 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-4292

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-4292

GHSA-mmwr-2jhp-mc7j · Severity: low · Ecosystem: pip — Django vulnerable to privilege abuse in ModelAdmin.list_editable

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-4292

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2026-4292: 1 source package rows (py3-django); 2 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 2, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-4292
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-4292 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (python-django), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-4292
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4292
suse low CVE-2026-4292 severity low: SUSE including 5 source package names (python311-Django4-4.2.30-1.1, python313-Django4-4.2.30-1.1, python313-Django6-6.0.4-1.1, python314-Django4-4.2.30-1.1, python314-Django6-6.0.4-1.1), 5 product×package rows across 1 product lines (openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4292/
ubuntu low CVE-2026-4292 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-django), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-4292

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-4292

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
djangoproject django >= 4.2, < 4.2.30 cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djangoproject django >= 5.2, < 5.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djangoproject django >= 6.0, < 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-4292

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