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CVE-2019-19844

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2019-12-18
  • Fixed in3.0.1 · 2.2.9 · 1.11.27
  • WeaknessCWE-640

Am I affected?

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Description

Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. A suitably crafted email address (that is equal to an existing user's email address after case transformation of Unicode characters) would allow an attacker to be sent a password reset token for the matched user account. (One mitigation in the new releases is to send password reset tokens only to the registered user email address.)

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-12-1819:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2019-12-24Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

OSV · NVD
Django
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.0≥ 3.0, < 3.0.13.0.1
2.2≥ 2.2, < 2.2.92.2.9
2.x≥ 2.0, < 2.2.92.2.9
1.11< 1.11.271.11.27
3.0= 3.0no fix published
Canonical ubuntu linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
16.4= 16.04no fix published
18.4= 18.04no fix published
19.4= 19.04no fix published
19.10= 19.10no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • ansibleSUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8all versions · fixed in 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • ansibleSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8all versions · fixed in 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • ansibleSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7all versions · fixed in 2.2.3.0-12.2
  • ansibleSUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8all versions · fixed in 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • ansible1SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9all versions · fixed in 1.9.6-9.7.2
  • ardana-ansibleSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9all versions · fixed in 9.0+git.1591138508.e269bdb-3.22.2
  • ardana-ansibleSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8all versions · fixed in 8.0+git.1596735237.54109b1-3.77.1
  • ardana-ansibleSUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8all versions · fixed in 8.0+git.1596735237.54109b1-3.77.1

273 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2019-19844 Red Hat Product Security35 known affected

    Django: crafted email address allows account takeover

    calamari-server as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 · calamari-server.src as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 · python-django as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 · +32 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Django to 3.0.1 · 2.2.9 · 1.11.27
  2. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2019-19844 · 35 productsUnless the password-reset form is disabled, this flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.
  3. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2019-19844 · 9 productsFix deferred
  4. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2019-19844 · 10 productsOut of support scope
  5. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2019-19844 · 16 productsWill not fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-47879
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
3 repositories, unverifiedryu22e/django_cve_2019_19844_pocandripwn/django_cve2019198440xsha/CVE_2019_19844
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-12-18
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-vfq6-hq5r-27r6

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19844?

Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. A suitably crafted email address (that is equal to an existing user's email address after case transformation of Unicode characters) would allow an attacker to be sent a password reset token for the matched user account. (One mitigation in the new releases is to send password reset tokens only to the registered user email address.)

Is CVE-2019-19844 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-19844 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 53.6% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-19844?

CVE-2019-19844 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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