GHSA-MM6V-Q8Q9-PGCF Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed `STARTTLS` handshake

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read ema...

Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed `STARTTLS` handshake

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read ema...

PYSEC-2026-200

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15.django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read emai...

CVE-2026-7666

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read ema...

EUVD-2026-34087

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read ema...

CVE-2026-7666

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read ema...

CVE-2026-7666 Potential unencrypted email transmission via STARTTLS in the SMTP backend

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read ema...

CVE-2026-7666 Potential unencrypted email transmission via STARTTLS in the SMTP backend

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read ema...

CVE-2026-7666

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.6 and 5.2 before 5.2.15. django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend in Django fails to prevent reuse of a partially-initialized connection after a failed STARTTLS handshake when failsilently=True, which allows on-path network attackers to read ema...

PT-2026-45948

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Django versions prior to 6.0.6 Django versions prior to 5.2.15 Description An issue exists in django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend where the system fails to prevent the reuse of a partially-initialized connection following a failed...