# CVE-2026-15920 — djangoproject Django

> As of 2026-08-04, CVE-2026-15920 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in djangoproject Django, CVSS v3.1 6.1, EPSS 0.3% (27.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-15920, most recently “August 2026 Patch Roundup: 11 Critical/High CVEs in Veeam VSPC (CVE-2026-58073, CVSS 9.5), HashiCorp Terraform MCP Server (CVE-2026-16498, CVSS 10.0), and Django”.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-04

## What is CVE-2026-15920?

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. `django.contrib.admin.utils.display_for_field()` renders `URLField` values as clickable links in the admin without validating the URL. A value stored with an unsafe scheme is displayed as a link on changelist and read-only admin pages, which allows cross-site scripting against staff users who click the link. Exploitation requires the unsafe value to already be stored in the database. `URLField` validation through a `ModelForm` or the admin rejects unsafe schemes, so this affects applications that persist `URLField` data without running model validation, for example through direct queryset writes, deserialization, or bulk import of untrusted input. Django would like to thank Egor Saltykov for reporting this issue.

The record classifies CVE-2026-15920 under weakness class [CWE-83](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/83.html). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 67 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 6.1 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **CVSS v4.0 base score:** 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-04

## Is CVE-2026-15920 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 25 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **djangoproject**: Django

## How to fix CVE-2026-15920

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-15920 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-15920

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-15920, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [August 2026 Patch Roundup: 11 Critical/High CVEs in Veeam VSPC (CVE-2026-58073, CVSS 9.5), HashiCorp Terraform MCP Server (CVE-2026-16498, CVSS 10.0), and Django](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1891) — CRITICAL · 2026-08-05

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [docs.djangoproject.com — vendor advisory](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/)
- [github.com — patch](https://github.com/django/django/commit/47511a21026cdd721d8fbf8571cc079bc38bb46d)
- [github.com — patch (5a260d309a4c8010c2ebda24eb758a5d95e2508a)](https://github.com/django/django/commit/5a260d309a4c8010c2ebda24eb758a5d95e2508a)
- [github.com — patch (13debb622a32720bda1bccda7622fd14fbf3931b)](https://github.com/django/django/commit/13debb622a32720bda1bccda7622fd14fbf3931b)
- [github.com — patch (b9adb81339cc418f8f56b1050cca6dfec3ab6349)](https://github.com/django/django/commit/b9adb81339cc418f8f56b1050cca6dfec3ab6349)

**Mailing list and disclosure**

- [groups.google.com — mailing list](https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce)

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Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-15920
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-15920 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp