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CVE-2015-5963 Moderate

CVE-2015-5963

contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption or session record removal) via a large number of requests to contrib.auth.views.logout, which triggers the creation of an empty session record.

Exploit probability 5.2%
Published August 24, 2015
Required by Not available
Last source change June 10, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

PyPI django

36 explicit affected versions

PyPI django

36 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2015-5963

contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption or session record removal) via a large number of requests to contrib.auth.views.logout, which triggers the creation of an empty session record.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities PYSEC-2015-22

contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption or session record removal) via a large number of requests to contrib.auth.views.logout, which triggers the creation of an empty session record.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-pgxh-wfw4-jx2v

`contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware` in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption or session record removal) via a large number of requests to `contrib.auth.views.logout`, which triggers the creation of an empty session record.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence