CVE-2026-87975 PUBLISHED

Privilege abuse in model formsets with editable primary keys

Assigner: DSF
Reserved: 09.09.2026 Published: 06.10.2026 Updated: 06.10.2026

An issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18. django.forms.models.BaseModelFormSet.save_existing_objects() used the presence of a primary key on a submitted form's instance as evidence that the instance belonged to the formset's limiting queryset. An object outside that queryset is represented by a newly constructed instance whose primary key can still be populated from submitted data when the model's primary key is a field accepted by the form, such as a OneToOneField or parent link used as the primary key of an inline formset's model, or a natural or UUID primary key included in the form's fields. This allows an authenticated user permitted to submit such a formset to delete rows outside the limiting queryset, without any permission on the targeted object, via forged management-form data marking an out-of-queryset object for deletion. Models using the default AutoField primary key are not affected. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.1.x, 5.0.x, and 4.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Seonggwon Yoon for reporting this issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor djangoproject
Product Django
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 6.1 to 6.1.2 (excl.)
  • Version 6.1.2 is unaffected
  • affected from 6.0 to 6.0.9 (excl.)
  • Version 6.0.9 is unaffected
  • affected from 5.2 to 5.2.18 (excl.)
  • Version 5.2.18 is unaffected

Credits

  • Seonggwon Yoon reporter
  • Jacob Walls remediation developer
  • Natalia Bidart remediation reviewer
  • Sarah Boyce coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-122: Privilege Abuse