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🛡️ CVE-2026-6578

🟡 CVSS 5.6 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-259 NVD
5.6
CVSS Score
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Description

A security flaw has been discovered in liangliangyy DjangoBlog up to 2.1.0.0. This affects an unknown function of the file djangoblog/settings.py of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument SECRET_KEY results in hard-coded credentials. The attack can be launched remotely. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitability is reported as difficult. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-6578 is classified as CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password. A password is embedded in the product, so anyone with the code or firmware knows it and it cannot be changed easily.

Affected software

CVE-2026-6578 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 19 April 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-259
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-04-19
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
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