CVE-2026-4292: Django vulnerable to privilege abuse in ModelAdmin.list_editable

April 7, 2026 (updated April 8, 2026)

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.4, 5.2 before 5.2.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.30. Admin changelist forms using ModelAdmin.list_editable incorrectly allowed new instances to be created via forged POST data.

Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Cantina for reporting this issue.

References

docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmwr-2jhp-mc7j
github.com/django/django
groups.google.com/g/django-announce
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4292
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/apr/07/security-releases

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