Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-6596

critical

CVE-2018-6596

webhooks/base.py in Anymail (aka django-anymail) before 1.2.1 is prone ...

Published Modified CWE 200
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GHSA9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA.

Description

webhooks/base.py in Anymail (aka django-anymail) before 1.2.1 is prone to a timing attack vulnerability on the WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION secret, which allows remote attackers to post arbitrary e-mail tracking events.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
pip::GitHub Security Advisory pipdjango-anymail1.2.1
debian 11django-anymail1.3-1
debian 12django-anymail1.3-1
debian 13django-anymail1.3-1
debian 14django-anymail1.3-1
debian 9django-anymail0.8-2+deb9u1
echodjango-anymail1.3-1

References

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