Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting django package, versions [,5.2.15)[6.0a1,6.0.6)
Threat Intelligence
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- published4 Jun 2026
- disclosed3 Jun 2026
- creditKasper Dupont
Introduced: 3 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-7666 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade django to version 5.2.15, 6.0.6 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in the EmailBackend function when a failed STARTTLS handshake occurs and fail_silently=True is set. An attacker can intercept and read email content by performing a man-in-the-middle attack on the network connection.