Improper Input Validation Affecting pretix package, versions [4.14.0,2026.3.5.post1)[2026.4.0,2026.4.5)[2026.5.0,2026.5.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

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EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PRETIX-17756763
  • published1 Jul 2026
  • disclosed1 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-13602  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pretix to version 2026.3.5.post1, 2026.4.5, 2026.5.3 or higher.

Overview

pretix is a Reinventing presales, one ticket at a time

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via improper validation of session parameters in the payment integration plugins and the use of shared cryptographic keys and salts across unrelated features. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to any user account by injecting specially crafted, cryptographically signed session parameters and exploiting the impersonation functionality. This is only exploitable if the attacker has access to at least one event in the backend.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by blocking the URL /control/users/impersonate/stop in your webserver configuration.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1