CVE-2026-23946

Tendenci is an open source content management system built for non-profits, associations and cause-based sites. Versions 15.3.11 and below include a critical deserialization vulnerability in the Helpdesk module (which is not enabled by default). This vulnerability allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) by an authenticated user with staff security level due to using Python's pickle module in helpdesk /reports/. The original CVE-2020-14942 was incompletely patched. While ticket_list() was fixed to use safe JSON deserialization, the run_report() function still uses unsafe pickle.loads(). The impact is limited to the permissions of the user running the application, typically www-data, which generally lacks write (except for upload directories) and execute permissions. This issue has been fixed in version 15.3.12.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:tendenci:tendenci:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 Feb 2026, 16:44

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:tendenci:tendenci:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html#restricting-globals - () https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html#restricting-globals - Not Applicable
References () https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jqmc-fxxp-r589 - () https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jqmc-fxxp-r589 - Not Applicable
References () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/commit/23d9fd85ab7654e9c83cfc86cb4175c0bd7a77f1 - () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/commit/23d9fd85ab7654e9c83cfc86cb4175c0bd7a77f1 - Patch
References () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/commit/2ff0a457614944a1b417081c543ea4c5bb95d636 - () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/commit/2ff0a457614944a1b417081c543ea4c5bb95d636 - Patch
References () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/commit/63e1b84a5b163466d1d8d811d35e7021a7ca0d0e - () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/commit/63e1b84a5b163466d1d8d811d35e7021a7ca0d0e - Patch
References () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/issues/867 - () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/issues/867 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/releases/tag/v15.3.12 - () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/releases/tag/v15.3.12 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/security/advisories/GHSA-339m-4qw5-j2g3 - () https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci/security/advisories/GHSA-339m-4qw5-j2g3 - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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Information

Published : 2026-01-22 01:15

Updated : 2026-02-17 16:44


NVD link : CVE-2026-23946

Mitre link : CVE-2026-23946

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23946


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Products Affected

tendenci

  • tendenci
CWE
CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data