An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.13 and 3.0 before 3.0.7. In cases where a memcached backend does not perform key validation, passing malformed cache keys could result in a key collision, and potential data leakage.
CVE-2020-13254
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 6.1%, top 7% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EG Risk
- 47(Track)EG Risk 47/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity59% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 6%
- EPSS %ILE
- 93%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 3, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttps://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/releases/security/
- cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-announce/pPEmb2ot4Fo/X-SMalYSBAAJ
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00016.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4A2AP4T7RKPBCLTI2NNQG3T6MINDUUMZ/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0002/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4381-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4381-2/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4705
- cve@mitrehttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/jun/03/security-releases/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/releases/security/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-announce/pPEmb2ot4Fo/X-SMalYSBAAJ
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00016.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4A2AP4T7RKPBCLTI2NNQG3T6MINDUUMZ/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0002/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-13254(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python-django (1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm1) @ trusty | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3-django (1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1.4) @ eoan | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python-django-0:1.11.27-3.el7ost | 2021-03-18 | redhat |
| redhat | python-django20-0:2.0.13-12.el8ost | 2021-03-17 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(8 across 8 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-django | 1:1.11.21-1 ... 1:1.11.28-1~deb10u1 (6 versions) | 1:1.11.29-1~deb10u1 | — |
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| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-django | — | 2:2.2.13-1 | — |
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| python-django | — | 2:2.2.13-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-django | — | 2:2.2.13-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-django | — | 2:2.2.13-1 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-django | 1.7.10-1 ... 1.7.9-1 (17 versions) | 1.7.11-1+deb8u9 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-django | 1:1.10.7-2 ... 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u8 (9 versions) | 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u9 | — |
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| django | 2.2 ... 3.0.6 (20 versions) | 3.0.7 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCdanpalmer/django-cve-2020-13254First seen Jun 7, 2020
Vulnerability demonstration for Django CVE-2020-13254
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