Vulnerability in wagtail (CVE-2026-44197)
Summary
Vulnerability in wagtail (CVE-2026-44197). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 7.3.2 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Impact
A CMS user without the ability to edit a page could access revisions of the page through the revision compare view if they knew the primary key of two revisions. This could potentially result in disclosure of sensitive information.
Patches
Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.7 and 7.3.2. The new 7.4 LTS feature release also incorporates this fix.
Workarounds
No workaround is available.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Seoyoung Kang @seoyoung-kang from AhnLab and an independent security researcher for reporting this issue.
For more information
If there are any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Visit Wagtail's support channels
- Send an email to security@wagtail.org (view the security policy for more information).
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-44197 has been found in wagtail.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: upgrade wagtail to 7.3.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "wagtail CVE-2026-44197" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-44197 (wagtail) — CWE-280 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 7.3.2 — 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.
A vulnerability (CWE-280) exists in wagtail.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of wagtail.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 7.3.2.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
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
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。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade wagtail to 7.3.2ステージング環境で 7.3.2 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を含めること。
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3Post-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。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com