# GHSA-92HV-J533-69WC: Wagtail: Identification of documents by SHA1 hash

- Severity: low (stated by ghsa, no CVSS score)
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, 8.0rc2
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-08-20

GHSA-92HV-J533-69WC is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated low by ghsa and affects wagtail; fixed in 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3 and 1 more.

## Summary

Wagtail, a Python content management system, has a flaw in its document serving endpoint that lets an attacker check whether a document with a given ID matches a specific SHA1 hash, regardless of permission restrictions. The attacker can only confirm a hash they already know and cannot view the document's contents or other metadata.

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## Affected

- wagtail (PyPI): fixed in 7.0.9
  - Fixed in 7.0.9 (released Aug 20, 2026, the day of disclosure).
- wagtail (PyPI): from 7.1, fixed in 7.3.4
  - Fixed in 7.3.4 (released Aug 20, 2026, the day of disclosure).
- wagtail (PyPI): from 7.4, fixed in 7.4.3
  - Fixed in 7.4.3 (released Aug 20, 2026, the day of disclosure).
- wagtail (PyPI): from 8.0rc1, fixed in 8.0rc2
  - Fixed in 8.0.0rc2 (released Aug 20, 2026, the day of disclosure).
  - The latest release, 8.1.0, is not affected.

## Description

### Impact By passing specific HTTP headers to the document serve URL endpoint, an attacker was able to determine whether a document with a given ID matched a specified SHA1 hash, regardless of any permission restrictions on the document or knowing its filename. This could allow an attacker to determine whether a document with a specific known hash is present in the Wagtail document library. This vulnerability does not expose the document's contents or any metadata beyond the already known SHA1 hash, and does not expose information about any documents for which the attacker does not know the SHA1 hash. ### Patches Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3 and 8.0rc2. ### Workarounds Site owners who are unable to upgrade can strip `If-Match` and `If-None-Match` from anonymous requests to `/documents/` at the reverse proxy, or use a custom document model without a `file_hash` attribute. ### Acknowledgements Many thanks to Anand Himanshu for reporting this issue. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Visit Wagtail's [support channels](https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/support.html) * Email us at [security@wagtail.org](mailto:security@wagtail.org) (view our [security policy](https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/policy) for more information).

## 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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## FAQ

### Is GHSA-92HV-J533-69WC being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/GHSA-92HV-J533-69WC

### Which versions are affected by GHSA-92HV-J533-69WC?

wagtail (PyPI): before 7.0.9. wagtail (PyPI): from 7.1 before 7.3.4. wagtail (PyPI): from 7.4 before 7.4.3. wagtail (PyPI): from 8.0rc1 before 8.0rc2.

Source: https://cve.now/GHSA-92HV-J533-69WC

### How do I fix GHSA-92HV-J533-69WC?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, 8.0rc2.

Source: https://cve.now/GHSA-92HV-J533-69WC

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## References

- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-92hv-j533-69wc
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail

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