{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8213","details":"The get_format function in utils/formats.py in Django before 1.7.x before 1.7.11, 1.8.x before 1.8.7, and 1.9.x before 1.9rc2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive application secrets via a settings key in place of a date/time format setting, as demonstrated by SECRET_KEY.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:49:39.149844Z","published":"2015-11-24T17:00:00Z","related":["USN-2816-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8213"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8213"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/nov/24/security-releases-issued/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2816-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8213"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-django","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1.6.1-2ubuntu0.11?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1-2ubuntu0.11"}]}],"versions":["1.5.4-1ubuntu1","1.6-1","1.6.1-1","1.6.1-2","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.2","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.5","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.6.1-2ubuntu0.11","binary_name":"python-django"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8213.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}