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CVE-2026-25517
Vulnerability in wagtail (CVE-2026-25517)
Summary
vulnerability in wagtail (CVE-2026-25517). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `7.3` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2026-25517** has been found in wagtail.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade wagtail to **7.3** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "wagtail CVE-2026-25517" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-25517 (wagtail) — CWE-862 /
Patched: `7.3` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-862) exists in wagtail.
📍 Affected scope
wagtail — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **7.3**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'wagtail' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'wagtail' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `wagtail` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade wagtail to 7.3ステージング環境で 7.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
wagtail
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"7.3rc1"},{"fixed":"7.3"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25517
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qvv-g3vr-m348
- package https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail
- package https://pypi.org/project/wagtail
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-4qvv-g3vr-m348
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/01fd3477365a193e6a8270311defb76e890d2719
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/5f09b6da61e779b0e8499bdbba52bf2f7bd3241f
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/73f070dbefbd3b39ea6649ce36bd2d2a6eef2190
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/7dfe8de5f8b3f112c73c87b6729197db16454915
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/dd824023a031f1b82a6b6f83a97a5c73391b7c03
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v6.3.6
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.0.4
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.1.3
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.2.2
- web https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.3