Vulnerability · Published Jul 19, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-16208django-tastypie throttle.py CacheDBThrottle race condition
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity race condition in django-tastypie. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A flaw has been found in django-tastypie up to 0.15.1. The affected element is the function CacheThrottle/CacheDBThrottle of the file tastypie/throttle.py. This manipulation causes race condition. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | django-tastypie | 0.15.00.15.1 |
Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-380024 | django-tastypie throttle.py CacheDBThrottle race condition vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-380024 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-16208 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #857925 | django-tastypie 0.15.1 at commit 03c4746f0a0f88628be5264bc8d4a19a0529b2f4 CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/django-tastypie/django-tastypie/issues/1700 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/django-tastypie/django-tastypie/ product