id: PYSEC-2018-4
details: django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2,
  and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information
  by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated
  by discovering whether a user account is inactive.
affected:
- package:
    name: django
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/django
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: '2.0'
    - fixed: 2.0.2
  versions:
  - '2.0'
  - 2.0.1
references:
- type: ARTICLE
  url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/feb/01/security-releases/
- type: WEB
  url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040422
- type: WEB
  url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rf4j-j272-fj86
aliases:
- CVE-2018-6188
- GHSA-rf4j-j272-fj86
modified: '2021-06-16T00:03:23.096188Z'
published: '2018-02-05T03:29:00Z'