CVE-2026-6873 LOW

CVE-2026-6873: Signed cookie salt namespace collision in django.http.HttpRequest.get_signed_cookie

Vendor Djangoproject
Product Django
Weakness CWE-347
Published June 3, 2026
Last update June 3, 2026

CVSS base score

3.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. `django.http.HttpRequest.get_signed_cookie` in Django uses a non-injective salt derivation (concatenating the cookie name and salt argument), which allows a remote attacker to use a cookie in a context different from the one where it was signed, via distinct `(name, salt)` pairs that produce the same concatenation. 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 Peng Zhou for reporting this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 3, 2026 CVE published
June 3, 2026 Record updated