{"cve":"CVE-2016-7401","nvd":{"published":"2016-10-03T18:59:13.137","modified":"2026-06-17T00:52:59.777","status":"Modified","description":"The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-254"],"references":["http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","djangoproject:django"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:40:10.783210791+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-7401","score":0.05702,"percentile":0.93011,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-crhm-qpjc-cm64","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-crhm-qpjc-cm64","summary":"Django CSRF Protection Bypass","modified":"2024-11-28T05:41:24.301301Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","purl":"pkg:pypi/django","ranges":["<1.8.15"],"fixed":["1.8.15"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","purl":"pkg:pypi/django","ranges":[">=1.9 <1.9.10"],"fixed":["1.9.10"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2016-3","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2016-3","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:01:01.849419464Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","purl":"pkg:pypi/django","ranges":["<1.8.15",">=1.9 <1.9.10"],"fixed":["1.8.15","1.9.10"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}