CVE-2026-15920

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-04. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. django.contrib.admin.utils.display_for_field() renders URLField values as clickable links in the admin without validating the URL. A value stored with an unsafe scheme is displayed as a link on changelist and read-only admin pages, which allows cross-site scripting against staff users who click the link. Exploitation requires the unsafe value to already be stored in the database. URLField validation through a ModelForm or the admin rejects unsafe schemes, so this affects applications that persist URLField data without running model validation, for example through direct queryset writes, deserialization, or bulk import of untrusted input. Django would like to thank Egor Saltykov for reporting this issue.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(high)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: 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 computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 4, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

Django security releases issued: 6.0.8 and 5.2.17 | Weblog | Django

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/security-releases/
github_commit

commit b9adb81339cc (django/django)

Fix landed in django/django commit b9adb81339cc — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/django/django/commit/b9adb81339cc418f8f56b1050cca6dfec3ab6349
github_commit

commit 13debb622a32 (django/django)

Fix landed in django/django commit 13debb622a32 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/django/django/commit/13debb622a32720bda1bccda7622fd14fbf3931b
github_commit

commit 5a260d309a4c (django/django)

Fix landed in django/django commit 5a260d309a4c — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/django/django/commit/5a260d309a4c8010c2ebda24eb758a5d95e2508a
github_commit

commit 47511a21026c (django/django)

Fix landed in django/django commit 47511a21026c — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/django/django/commit/47511a21026cdd721d8fbf8571cc079bc38bb46d
generic
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
generic

Archive of security issues | Django documentation | Django

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15920(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
python-django2:2.2.24-1 ... 3:6.1~rc1-1 (185 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
python-django3:3.2.19-1 ... 3:6.1~rc1-1 (105 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
python-django3:4.2.23-1 ... 3:6.1~rc1-1 (61 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
python-django3:4.2.23-1 ... 3:6.1~rc1-1 (58 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 50× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 23:00 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-19 21:50 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 21:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-18 20:39 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-18 20:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-17 19:28 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-17 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-17 01:49 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-16 00:39 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-14 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-13 22:18 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-13 22:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-12 21:08 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-12 21:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-12 02:36 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-12 02:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-11 01:26 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-11 01:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-10 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-10 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-08 23:06 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-08 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-07 21:55 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-07 21:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-06 20:45 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-06 20:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-05 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-05 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-04 18:25 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-04 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-04 16:28 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-04 16:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15920?
CVE-2026-15920 is a medium vulnerability published on August 4, 2026. An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. django.contrib.admin.utils.displayforfield() renders URLField values as clickable links in the admin without validating the URL. A value stored with an unsafe scheme is displayed as a link on changelist and read-only admin…
When was CVE-2026-15920 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15920 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 4, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15920 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15920 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 76.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15920?
CVE-2026-15920 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15920?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15920, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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