# CVE-2019-19118: Django 2.1 before 2.1.15 and 2.2 before 2.2.8 allows unintended model editing.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2019-15, GHSA-HVMF-R92R-27HR
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.15, 2.2.8
- Published: 2019-12-02 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- django (PyPI): from 2.1, fixed in 2.1.15; from 2.2, fixed in 2.2.8
- django (PyPI): from 2.1, fixed in 2.1.15
- django (PyPI): from 2.2, fixed in 2.2.8

## Description

Django 2.1 before 2.1.15 and 2.2 before 2.2.8 allows unintended model editing. A Django model admin displaying inline related models, where the user has view-only permissions to a parent model but edit permissions to the inline model, would be presented with an editing UI, allowing POST requests, for updating the inline model. Directly editing the view-only parent model was not possible, but the parent model's save() method was called, triggering potential side effects, and causing pre and post-save signal handlers to be invoked. (To resolve this, the Django admin is adjusted to require edit permissions on the parent model in order for inline models to be editable.)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.15, 2.2.8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/02/1
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/django-announce/GjGqDvtNmWQ
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/02/security-releases/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191217-0003/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6R4HD22PVEVQ45H2JA2NXH443AYJOPL5/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-17

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