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django-tastypie CVE-2026-16207

| EUVDEUVD-2026-45418 MEDIUM
Use of GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Strings (CWE-598)
2026-07-19 VulDB GHSA-vv2j-8w59-8f8g
6.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulDB
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Vendor (VulDB) PRIMARY
6.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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3.7 LOW

Network-reachable but requires attacker access to logs or traffic (AC:H); no privileges or interaction needed; confidentiality impact limited to API key disclosure only.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

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Analysis Generated
Jul 19, 2026 - 04:01 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was detected in django-tastypie up to 0.15.1. Impacted is the function ApiKeyAuthentication of the file tastypie/authentication.py. The manipulation results in use of get request method with sensitive query strings. The attack can be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is considered difficult. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

AnalysisAI

Sensitive API key credential exposure in django-tastypie up to 0.15.1 stems from the ApiKeyAuthentication class transmitting secrets via GET request query strings, making them visible in server access logs, proxy logs, browser history, and HTTP Referer headers. The flaw is a classic CWE-598 design error rooted in the authentication.py implementation and is remotely triggerable against any deployment using the ApiKeyAuthentication backend. No patch has been released; the project was notified via GitHub issue #1700 but has not yet responded. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis, though the information disclosure risk is real in any environment where logs or network traffic are accessible to adversaries.

Technical ContextAI

Django Tastypie is a REST API extension for the Django web framework, providing resource-level CRUD APIs over HTTP. The affected component is the ApiKeyAuthentication class in tastypie/authentication.py, which is responsible for verifying client identity via API keys. CWE-598 (Use of GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Strings) describes the root cause: the implementation accepts or constructs API key credentials embedded in the query string portion of GET request URLs (e.g., ?api_key=secret). Unlike HTTP headers or POST body content, URL query strings are routinely written to web server access logs, CDN and reverse proxy logs, browser history, and transmitted in HTTP Referer headers to third-party resources on the page. Even over HTTPS, the server-side receives and may log the full URL including query parameters. The CPE identifier (cpe:2.3:a:n/a:django-tastypie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) covers all versions up to and including 0.15.1.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis; the upstream project has not responded to the disclosure filed at https://github.com/django-tastypie/django-tastypie/issues/1700. As a primary compensating control, applications using ApiKeyAuthentication should be modified to require clients to submit API keys exclusively via HTTP headers (e.g., Authorization header) rather than query string parameters - this can be enforced at the application layer by rejecting any request that includes the key in the URL. A secondary control is to configure web server and proxy log sanitization rules to redact or exclude api_key query string values from logs, though this treats the symptom rather than the cause. Operators should audit existing log archives for inadvertent API key exposure and rotate any keys that may have been captured. If migration away from ApiKeyAuthentication to token-header-based schemes (e.g., Django REST Framework's token auth) is feasible, that is the most durable fix. Monitor https://github.com/django-tastypie/django-tastypie/ for a patched release.

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