# CVE-2026-55468: Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on Pages admin API

- Also known as: GHSA-3VRH-M9W7-V94F, PYSEC-2026-3939
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, 8.0rc2
- Published: 2026-08-24 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- wagtail: fixed in 7.0.9; from 7.1, fixed in 7.3.4; from 7.4, fixed in 7.4.3; from 8.0rc1, fixed in 8.0rc2
- wagtail (PyPI): fixed in 7.0.9
- wagtail (PyPI): from 7.1, fixed in 7.3.4
- wagtail (PyPI): from 7.4, fixed in 7.4.3
- wagtail (PyPI): from 8.0rc1, fixed in 8.0rc2
- wagtail (PyPI): fixed in 7.0.9; from 7.1, fixed in 7.3.4; from 7.4, fixed in 7.4.3; from 8.0rc1, fixed in 8.0rc2

## Description

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Prior to versions 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, and 8.0rc2 on their respective release lines, the internal Pages admin API returns page fields declared in api_fields without sufficient access control, allowing a user with Wagtail admin access to retrieve restricted draft and live page content. This issue is fixed in versions 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, and 8.0rc2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wagtail, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, 8.0rc2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-3vrh-m9w7-v94f
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/5608cfb714a130412f862beab53c78de02b79975
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/aef935530d5289406ca325b42747af15f3b28ac4
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/d99d2bec2b0aca46d88014416432c717240cd559
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/e2fa629b7a51ec29d59e45eead930feee0d3c4b3

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